Jerome Avenue & East 161st Street

Jerome Avenue and East 161st Street meet at a three-way junction in Highbridge, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The statue “Highbridge World War I Memorial” is 120 feet away, and Highbridge Woodycrest Center is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about five minutes on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them gardens, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Jerome Av/W 161 St · Bx13
Within a walk
16 places
4 gardens, 3 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jerome Avenue & East 161st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    0.3 miles
    4 B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Room of Tranquility” (2002) by Helene Brandt and “Wall-Slide” (2002) by Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the 161 St-Yankee Stadium station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jerome Av/W 161 St, 290 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jerome Av/W 161 St Bx13
    290 feet
    Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & Anderson Ave 19 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1133 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2016

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)
Highbridge

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 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 1924 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 116 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 120 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 161st Street

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 161st Street

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 161st Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Jerome Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1901 and 1902.

  1. American Female Guardian Society Designated landmark
    160 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Macombs Dam Park.

  1. Highbridge World War I Memorial Statue, 1923
    120 feet
  2. Macombs Dam Park Fountain Fountain by Martin Schenck, 1908
    350 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Macombs Dam Park
    150 feet
  2. Grandstand in Macombs Dam Park Park feature
    750 feet
  3. Woodycrest Community Garden
    810 feet
Show all 10
  1. La Isla Youth Community Garden
    950 feet
  2. Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park and Recreation Center Park
    1,000 feet
  3. Summit Playground
    1,130 feet
  4. Elston Gene Howard Field Playground
    1,170 feet
  5. Target Bronx (Anderson Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    1,190 feet
  6. Mullaly Playground (1) Playground
    1,230 feet
  7. Taqwa Community Farm Garden
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Highbridge Woodycrest Center Nursing home or hospice
    180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Plaza Apartments Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Yankee Stadium Stadium or arena
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. John Mullaly Recreation Center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 161st Street or Jerome Avenue.

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