Jerome Avenue & East 171st Street

Jerome Avenue and East 171st Street meet at a three-way junction in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Lucero Elementary School is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them schools, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
320 feet · 1 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
E 170 St/Jerome Av · Bx11
Within a walk
14 places
8 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jerome Avenue & East 171st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 320 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 170 St B, D
    1,150 feet
    B D
  2. Mt Eden Av 4
    1,300 feet
    4

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 E 170 St/Jerome Av, 490 feet away, for the Bx11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 170 St/Jerome Av Bx11
    490 feet
    Bx11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walton Ave & E 171 St 19 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 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 1930.

Since 2014 at least 126 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 171st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 171st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Jerome Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 206603.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    470 feet
  2. Lucero Elementary School
    610 feet
  3. The Walton Avenue School
    610 feet
Show all 10
  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. Family Life Academy Charter School
    810 feet
  3. Comprehensive Model School Project M.S. 327 School
    820 feet
  4. Mount Eden Children's Academy School
    820 feet
  5. Zeta Charter School - Bronx Mount Eden School
    880 feet
  6. Family Life Academy Charter Schools High School
    990 feet
  7. Zeta Charter School – Mount Eden School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Keltch Park
    290 feet
  2. Goble Playground
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God Pentecostal House of worship
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    660 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 171st Street or Jerome Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.