Jackson Avenue & East 166th Street

Jackson Avenue and East 166th Street meet at a three-way junction in Morrisania, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Forest development. The corner lies on the edge of the Morris High School Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Bronx International High School is 320 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Boston Rd/E 166 St, is 490 feet away for the Bx21, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
Boston Rd/E 166 St · Bx21
Within a walk
27 places
13 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jackson Avenue & East 166th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/E 166 St, 490 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/E 166 St Bx21 · Shelter
    490 feet
    Bx21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 166th Street.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & E 167 St 21 docks in all
    970 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
82 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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 corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Forest development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 166th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Jackson Avenue

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

West side of Jackson Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Morris High School Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 61 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Free Classical. They were mostly built between 1900 and 1903.

  1. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania Rectory Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania Designated landmark
    190 feet
  3. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania - Smith Memorial Hall Designated landmark
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx International High School
    320 feet
  2. High School for Violin and Dance School
    320 feet
  3. Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies School · landmark · listed historic place
    320 feet
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  1. New Covenant Christian Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School
    1,160 feet
  3. Bronx Latin School
    1,160 feet
  4. Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marie Brooks Community Garden
    590 feet
  2. Behagen Playground
    600 feet
  3. Franklin Memorial Garden
    640 feet
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  1. Youth Village Playground
    680 feet
  2. Hines Park
    1,010 feet
  3. William Hooper Garden (Jacquline Denise Davis Garden) Garden
    1,050 feet
  4. Estella Diggs Park
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 166th Street or Jackson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.