Jesup Avenue & West 172nd Street

Jesup Avenue and West 172nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. West Bronx Recreation Center is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
W 170 St/Edward L Grant HWY · Bx18A
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jesup Avenue & West 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 170 St 4
    0.5 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 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 W 170 St/Edward L Grant HWY, 0.3 miles away, for the Bx18A.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 170 St/Edward L Grant HWY Bx18A
    0.3 miles
    Bx18A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nelson Ave & W 172 St 20 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
122 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 71 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Jesup Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 172nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 172nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 199x - the Shakespeare School
    450 feet
  2. Bronx-Manhattan SDA School
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Plimpton Playground
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Bronx Recreation Center
    310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Jesup Avenue or West 172nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.