Morris Avenue & East 172nd Street

Morris Avenue and East 172nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Bronx High School for Medical Science is 570 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 four places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
170 St
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Morris Av/E 172 St · Bx32
Within a walk
22 places
7 schools, 5 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Avenue & East 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 1,120 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
    1,120 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
    0.4 miles
    B D
  2. Mt Eden Av 4
    0.5 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Av/E 172 St, 110 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Av/E 172 St Bx32
    110 feet
    Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sheridan Ave & E 172 St 24 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2023

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 2,400 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 1926 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Morris Avenue

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

West side of Morris Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Claremont Park
    310 feet
  2. Claremont Park Playground
    820 feet
  3. College Avenue Garden
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Grant Park
    990 feet
  2. Gazebo in Claremont Park Park feature
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Claremont Park Pool Swimming pool
    800 feet
  2. Claremont Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 172nd Street or Morris Avenue.

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