Inwood Avenue & West Clarke Place

Inwood Avenue and West Clarke Place meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Highbridge Post Office is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Edward L Grant Hwy/W 169 St · Bx35
Within a walk
19 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Inwood Avenue & West Clarke Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 170 St 4
    1,040 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. 167 St 4
    0.3 miles
    4
  2. 167 St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Views from Above” (2006) by Dina Bursztyn at the 170 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Edward L Grant Hwy/W 169 St, 690 feet away, for the Bx35.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Edward L Grant Hwy/W 169 St Bx35
    690 feet
    Bx35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Inwood Ave & W 170 St 21 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1237 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 599 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Inwood Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of West Clarke Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West Clarke Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Zeta Charter School – Mount Eden School
    280 feet
  2. Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School
    430 feet
  3. Bronx Debate Academy School
    740 feet
Show all 8
  1. Family Life Academy Charter School
    800 feet
  2. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. Women's Housing and Ecomomic Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  4. Family Life Academy Charter Schools High School
    890 feet
  5. Aeci Ii: NYC Charter High School for Computer Engineering and Innovation School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roberto Clemente Community Garden
    850 feet
  2. Keltch Park
    980 feet
  3. Martin Luther King Triangle
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God Pentecostal House of worship
    350 feet
  2. Evangel Revival Time Church House of worship
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highbridge Post Office
    100 feet

Fire and police

  1. 44th Precinct Police station
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Inwood Avenue or West Clarke Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.