Morris Avenue & Teller Avenue

Morris Avenue and Teller Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx, at the edge of Claremont Park. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Claremont Park Playground is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about six 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 one place to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Morris Av/E 172 St · Bx32
Within a walk
22 places
7 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Avenue & Teller Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Av/E 172 St, 340 feet away, for the Bx32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Morris Avenue and Teller Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sheridan Ave & E 172 St 24 docks in all
    880 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 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 June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2020

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); the corner is on the edge of the Claremont Park area
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1927 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 146 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Morris Avenue

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

West side of Teller Avenue

  • No parking 2 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
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Claremont Park
    70 feet
  2. Claremont Park Playground
    390 feet
  3. Gazebo in Claremont Park Park feature
    610 feet
Show all 5
  1. College Avenue Garden
    1,160 feet
  2. Garden of Life Garden
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. Bronxcare Hospital Center Hospital
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Grand Concourse Library
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Claremont Park Pool Swimming pool
    1,010 feet
  2. Claremont Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Morris Avenue or Teller Avenue.

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