Morris Avenue & East 173rd Street

Morris Avenue and East 173rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. The corner is also named Rev. Randolph Barnes, Jr. Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Garden of Life is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, 174-175 Sts, 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 religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
174-175 Sts
840 feet · 3 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Morris Av/Mount Eden Pkwy · Bx32
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Avenue & East 173rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 174-175 Sts, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 174-175 Sts B, D
    840 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. Mt Eden Av 4
    0.3 miles
    4
  2. 170 St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx Seasons Everchanging” (2018) by Roy Secord at the 174-175 Sts station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Av/Mount Eden Pkwy, 170 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Av/Mount Eden Pkwy Bx32
    170 feet
    Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mount Eden Pkwy & Eastburn Ave 19 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
15
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Rev. Randolph Barnes, Jr. Place, a co-naming enacted on October 20, 2003 (Local Law 62 of 2003).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,600 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 1960.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rev. Randolph Barnes, Jr. Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 173rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 173rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Morris Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Morris Avenue

  • Doctor plates only 1 sign DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 070 Max Schoenfeld School
    640 feet
  2. Mid-Bronx CCRP Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Claremont Park
    390 feet
  2. Garden of Life Garden
    400 feet
  3. Claremont Park Playground
    460 feet
Show all 8
  1. Morris Mesa Playground
    530 feet
  2. Garden of Eden Garden
    540 feet
  3. Gazebo in Claremont Park Park feature
    1,190 feet
  4. Bandshell in Claremont Park Park feature
    1,210 feet
  5. Barry Plaza
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Bronxcare Hospital Center Hospital
    560 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Grand Concourse Library
    250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. International Christian Church House of worship
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 173rd 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.