Morris Avenue & East 161st Street

Morris Avenue and East 161st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 107 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 148 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Bronx Hall of Justice is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
57 hurt
107 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
E 161 St/Morris Av · Bx6, Bx13
Within a walk
30 places
11 religious buildings, 5 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Avenue & East 161st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    0.3 miles
    4 B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Room of Tranquility” (2002) by Helene Brandt and “Wall-Slide” (2002) by Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the 161 St-Yankee Stadium station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 161 St/Morris Av, 60 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx13.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 161 St/Morris Av Bx6, Bx13
    60 feet
    Bx6 Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

East 161st Street carries a bus lane, 7am to 8pm on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morris Ave & E 163 St 21 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 107 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 57 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 12 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024
  • Turn calming, June 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 148 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 162nd most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 33 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 290 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 63 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Concourse Village East

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Concourse Village East

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY LAW DEPARTMENT MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDRENS SERVICES MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE TRIALS & HEARINGS
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 161st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Moderne, and built between 1945 and 1948.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Bronx County Hall of Justice.

  1. One Stone Installation by Cai Guo-Qiang, 2007
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 courthouses
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 035 Franz Siegel School
    870 feet
  2. Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice School
    990 feet
  3. Bronx Early College Academy for Teaching & Learning School
    1,040 feet
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  1. Grant Avenue Elementary School
    1,040 feet
  2. Science and Technology Academy: a Mott Hall School
    1,040 feet
  3. Fabiana Day Care Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  4. Luminous Early Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  5. All Seasons ABC Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Railroad Park
    760 feet
  2. Railroad Park Playground
    1,050 feet
  3. Melrose New Generation Community Garden
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 55 Ambulance station
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Melrose Library
    470 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Epworth United Methodist Church House of worship
    410 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Hall of Justice Courthouse
    320 feet
  2. Bronx Supreme Court Criminal Term Courthouse
    350 feet
  3. Bronx Criminal Court Courthouse
    680 feet
Show all 6
  1. Community center at Morissania Air Rights Community center
    820 feet
  2. Bronx Family Court Courthouse
    860 feet
  3. Older adult center at 3135 Park Avenue Older adult center
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Shop Fresh Food Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    240 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Concourse Village East, East 161st Street or Morris Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.