Jerome Avenue & East 164th Street

Jerome Avenue and East 164th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Highbridge, Bronx, at the edge of Yankee Stadium-Macombs Dam Park. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 1,681 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Macombs Dam Park is 50 feet away, and Mullaly Playground (1) is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
1,120 feet
E 161 St/Macombs Dam Bridge · Bx6
Within a walk
13 places
3 parks, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jerome Avenue & East 164th 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 seven 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 167 St 4
    0.4 miles
    4

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 E 161 St/Macombs Dam Bridge, 1,120 feet away, for the Bx6.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 161 St/Macombs Dam Bridge Bx6
    1,120 feet
    Bx6

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Jerome Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & E 164 St 21 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1133 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2024
  • Turn calming, October 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,681 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 502nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 828 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Northbound on Jerome Avenue1,016465
Southbound on Jerome Avenue665363
Total1,681828

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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 corner is on the edge of the Yankee Stadium-Macombs Dam Park area
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,800 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 1925 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 147 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 164th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING STADIUM EVENT
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 164th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING STADIUM EVENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Jerome Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Art Deco. They were built between 1901 and 1931.

  1. Park Plaza Apartments Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. American Female Guardian Society Designated landmark
    810 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 nature area
  • 3 other places

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Macombs Dam Park
    50 feet
  2. Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park and Recreation Center Park
    50 feet
  3. Mullaly Playground (1) Playground
    290 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jerome Slope Nature area
    500 feet
  2. Mullaly Playground (2) Playground
    1,040 feet
  3. Joyce Kilmer Park
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. Highbridge Woodycrest Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,080 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Yankee Stadium Stadium or arena
    690 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. John Mullaly Recreation Center
    370 feet
  2. Mullaly Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    580 feet
  3. Mullaly Park Pool Swimming pool
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 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 two food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 164th Street or Jerome Avenue.

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