Macombs Road & Plaza Drive

Macombs Road and Plaza Drive meet at a three-way junction in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Keltch Park is 100 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 18 public places, ten of them schools, and 28 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
9 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
290 feet · 1 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Macombs Rd/Inwood Av · Bx18B
Within a walk
18 places
10 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Macombs Road & Plaza Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 170 St 4
    290 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
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Mt Eden Av 4
    0.3 miles
    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 Macombs Rd/Inwood Av, 210 feet away, for the Bx18B.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18B …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Macombs Road.

  • 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. Plaza Dr & W 170 St 30 docks in all
    320 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. 1237 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2018

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
46 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 294 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of Plaza Drive

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Plaza Drive

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 205066 and 210711.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Zeta Charter School - Bronx Mount Eden School
    430 feet
  2. Family Life Academy Charter School
    590 feet
  3. Family Life Academy Charter Schools High School
    770 feet
Show all 12
  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  2. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  3. Kipp Bronx Charter School III School
    890 feet
  4. Lucero Elementary School
    1,060 feet
  5. The Walton Avenue School
    1,060 feet
  6. Comprehensive Model School Project M.S. 327 School
    1,090 feet
  7. Mount Eden Children's Academy School
    1,090 feet
  8. Zeta Charter School – Mount Eden School
    1,190 feet
  9. Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Keltch Park
    100 feet
  2. Goble Playground
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God Pentecostal House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Bronx Recreation Center
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    620 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 26 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 Macombs Road or Plaza Drive.

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