Melrose Avenue & East 160th Street

Melrose Avenue and East 160th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. The corner is also named WE STAY/Nos Quedamos Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. It is 260 feet to the 159th Street Community Garden, and Police Service Area #7 is 1,190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Melrose Av/E 160 St, is 40 feet away for the Bx41. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, ten of them gardens, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Melrose Av/E 160 St · Bx41
Within a walk
33 places
10 gardens, 8 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Melrose Avenue & East 160th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Melrose Av/E 160 St, 40 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Melrose Av/E 160 St Bx41
    40 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Melrose Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 158 St & Melrose Ave 23 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    410 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

This corner is also named WE STAY/Nos Quedamos Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,400 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 2001 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 769 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on WE STAY/Nos Quedamos Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 160th Street

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

South side of East 160th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Melrose Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Melrose Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 10 gardens
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    1,130 feet
  3. Boricua College - Bronx College
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fabiana Day Care Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Yolanda García Park
    50 feet
  2. 159th Street Community Garden
    260 feet
  3. Melrose New Generation Community Garden
    310 feet
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  1. Jardin la Roca Garden
    490 feet
  2. Melrose Commons Park
    520 feet
  3. La Isla USA Garden
    560 feet
  4. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    650 feet
  5. O'Neill Triangle Park
    720 feet
  6. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    760 feet
  7. Railroad Park
    790 feet
  8. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    810 feet
  9. Courtlandt Avenue Community Garden
    820 feet
  10. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    870 feet
  11. Latinos Unidos Garden
    890 feet
  12. Railroad Park Playground
    920 feet
  13. Dolorinda Lisante Community Garden
    990 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 55 Ambulance station
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Morissania Air Rights Community center
    1,060 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3135 Park Avenue Older adult center
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    900 feet
  2. Police Service Area #7 Police station
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 160th Street or Melrose Avenue.

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 Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.