Macombs Road & West 172nd Street

Macombs Road and West 172nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Inwood Park is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them schools, and 19 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
660 feet · 3 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Macombs Rd/Inwood Av · Bx18B
Within a walk
17 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Macombs Road & West 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 660 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 170 St 4
    660 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
    0.4 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, 160 feet away, for the Bx18B.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18B …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Macombs Road and West 172nd Street.

  • 20 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
    690 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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three 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.

Since 2014 at least 65 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Macombs Road

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY 6AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 172nd Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 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
    120 feet
  2. Kipp Bronx Charter School III School
    540 feet
  3. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    550 feet
Show all 9
  1. Family Life Academy Charter Schools High School
    720 feet
  2. Comprehensive Model School Project M.S. 327 School
    770 feet
  3. Mount Eden Children's Academy School
    770 feet
  4. Family Life Academy Charter School
    830 feet
  5. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  6. Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Keltch Park
    470 feet
  2. Goble Playground
    730 feet
  3. Inwood Park
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God Pentecostal House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Bronx Recreation Center
    770 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
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 16 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Macombs Road or West 172nd Street.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.