Jackson Avenue & East 160th Street

Jackson Avenue and East 160th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Legacy College Charter High School is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, six of them schools, and one place to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1991, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
E 163 St/Tinton Av · Bx6
Within a walk
23 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jackson Avenue & East 160th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    1,240 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx. Four Seasons” (2008) by Marina Tsersarskaya at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 163 St/Tinton Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Bx6.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 163 St/Tinton Av Bx6 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    Bx6
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 160 St & Tinton Ave 22 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 481 East 163rd Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1991.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 160th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 160th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Jackson Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Jackson Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1913 and 1914.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Argus Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    70 feet
  2. Legacy College Charter High School
    820 feet
  3. M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar School
    860 feet
Show all 9
  1. Academy of Public Relations School
    880 feet
  2. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    880 feet
  3. P.S. X017 School
    880 feet
  4. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    880 feet
  5. Blondell Joyner Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  6. Gwendolyn B. Bland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dunbar Playground
    890 feet
  2. Grove Hill Playground
    950 feet
  3. Captain Rivera Playground
    970 feet
Show all 7
  1. El Batey Borincano Garden
    1,080 feet
  2. Grove Hill Community Garden
    1,090 feet
  3. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    1,090 feet
  4. Hilton White Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodstock Library Landmark
    390 feet
  2. Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 160th Street or Jackson Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.