Macombs Road & Inwood Avenue

Macombs Road and Inwood Avenue meet at a four-way crossing 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. Family Life Academy Charter Schools High School is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them schools, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
530 feet · 2 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Macombs Rd/Inwood Av · Bx18B
Within a walk
18 places
9 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Macombs Road & Inwood Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Mt Eden Av 4
    0.3 miles
    4
  2. 170 St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

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 Macombs Rd/Inwood Av, 40 feet away, for the Bx18B.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Macombs Rd/Inwood Av Bx18B
    40 feet
    Bx18B

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18B …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Macombs Road.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Plaza Dr & W 170 St 30 docks in all
    560 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.

  1. 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.8 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1926 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Inwood Avenue

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

West side of Inwood Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

East side of Macombs Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Macombs Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Zeta Charter School - Bronx Mount Eden School
    190 feet
  2. Family Life Academy Charter Schools High School
    590 feet
  3. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
Show all 11
  1. Kipp Bronx Charter School III School
    650 feet
  2. Family Life Academy Charter School
    700 feet
  3. Comprehensive Model School Project M.S. 327 School
    850 feet
  4. Mount Eden Children's Academy School
    850 feet
  5. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  6. Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School
    1,110 feet
  7. Lucero Elementary School
    1,300 feet
  8. The Walton Avenue School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Keltch Park
    340 feet
  2. Goble Playground
    810 feet
  3. Inwood Park
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God Pentecostal House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Bronx Recreation Center
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,260 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    860 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 19 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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Inwood Avenue or Macombs Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.