Morris Avenue & East 171st Street

Morris Avenue and East 171st Street meet at a three-way junction in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx High School for Medical Science is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them schools, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
1,180 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Morris Av/E 170 St · Bx32
Within a walk
22 places
7 schools, 6 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Avenue & East 171st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 1,180 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 170 St B, D
    1,180 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. 174-175 Sts B, D
    0.5 miles
    B D
  2. 170 St 4
    0.5 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Av/E 170 St, 320 feet away, for the Bx32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morris Ave & E 171 St 21 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,200 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 1924 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 171st Street

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

South side of East 171st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Morris Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. College Avenue Garden
    440 feet
  2. Grant Park
    520 feet
  3. Claremont Park
    580 feet
Show all 4
  1. Claremont Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    600 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Claremont Park Pool Swimming pool
    940 feet
  2. Claremont Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 171st 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.