Jerome Avenue & Macombs Road
Jerome Avenue and Macombs Road meet at a three-way junction in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. The corner is also named Seven Brothers Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Family Life Academy Charter School is 570 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 15 public places, ten of them schools, and 34 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is 170 St, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.
- 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
- 170 St 490 feet4
Next trains at this station
Northbound
1 line- 4 …
Manhattan
1 line- 4 …
Also within a walk
- 170 St B, D0.3 milesB D
- Mt Eden Av 40.3 miles4
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, 250 feet away, for the Bx11.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- E 170 St/Jerome Av Bx11250 feetBx11
Next buses at this stop
- Bx11 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Macombs Road.
- 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
- 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Plaza Dr & W 170 St 30 docks in all380 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 1237 Jerome Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2025
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
- 54 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Seven Brothers Square, a co-naming enacted on December 3, 1980 (Local Law 71 of 1980).
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
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 1924 and 1937.
Since 2014 at least 246 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Seven Brothers Square.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 13 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
- 1 active meter
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Jerome Avenue (east side).
West side of Jerome Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY
- Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
East side of Macombs Road
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of Macombs Road
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 206603.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 10 schools
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K570 feet
- Family Life Academy Charter School570 feet
- Zeta Charter School - Bronx Mount Eden School640 feet
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- Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5710 feet
- Family Life Academy Charter Schools High School750 feet
- Lucero Elementary School850 feet
- The Walton Avenue School850 feet
- Zeta Charter School – Mount Eden School1,050 feet
- Comprehensive Model School Project M.S. 327 School1,060 feet
- Mount Eden Children's Academy School1,060 feet
- Kipp Bronx Charter School III School1,100 feet
- Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School1,190 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Keltch Park50 feet
- Goble Playground1,250 feet
Houses of worship
- Church of God Pentecostal House of worship730 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch820 feet
- Apple Bank Bank branch860 feet
Supermarkets
- Bravo Supermarket0.3 miles
- Fine Fare Supermarket0.3 miles
- Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy420 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 29 food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Macombs Road & Plaza Drive 200 feet
- Jerome Avenue & 170th Street 220 feet
- Jerome Avenue & East 171st Street 240 feet
- West 170th Street & Plaza Drive 340 feet
- Macombs Road & Inwood Avenue 440 feet
- Jerome Avenue & Elliot Place 480 feet
- East 170th Street & Townsend Avenue 500 feet
- East 171st Street & Townsend Avenue 520 feet
See every intersection along Jerome Avenue or Macombs Road.