Morris Avenue & East 170th Street

Morris Avenue and East 170th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 41 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. College Avenue Garden is 590 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 19 public places, seven of them schools, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
37 hurt
41 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
730 feet · 3 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Morris Av/E 170 St · Bx32
Within a walk
19 places
7 schools, 5 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Avenue & East 170th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 170 St B, D
    730 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 170 St 4
    0.4 miles
    4
  2. 167 St B, D
    0.5 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Av/E 170 St, 80 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Av/E 170 St Bx32 · Shelter
    80 feet
    Bx32
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. College Ave & E 170 St 24 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1201 Webster Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 41 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 37 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,700 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 1923 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 111 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the apple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 170th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Morris Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Morris Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 222787 and 223535.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Help Morris Early Childhood Program Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. Bronx Collegiate Academy School
    820 feet
  3. Bronx High School for Medical Science School
    820 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bronx High School of Business School
    820 feet
  2. Claremont International HS School
    820 feet
  3. Dreamyard Preparatory School
    820 feet
  4. New Directions Secondary School
    820 feet
  5. The Bronx School for Continuous Learners School
    820 feet
  6. Jesus Loves the Angels #2 Daycare Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  7. Jesus Loves the Angels #3 Daycare Pre-K
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grant Park
    70 feet
  2. College Avenue Garden
    590 feet
  3. Claremont Park
    700 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grant Park Playground
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    540 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 170th Street or Morris Avenue.

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