Morris Park Avenue & East 178th Street

Morris Park Avenue and East 178th Street meet at a four-way crossing in West Farms, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Young Park is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, E 180 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1932, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 180 St
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
East Tremont Av/Morris PK Av · Bx36
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Park Avenue & East 178th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 180 St, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. E 180 St 2, 5
    1,060 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Station Villa” (2011) by Luisa Caldwell at the E 180 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Morris PK Av, 380 feet away, for the Bx36.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Morris PK Av Bx36
    380 feet
    Bx36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & West Farms Rd 25 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway at Cross Bronx Service Road N, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1198 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    590 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15
Police precinct
48
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West Farms
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 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 1910 and 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 178th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 178th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Morris Park Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM

West side of Morris Park Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Phipps Neighborhoods Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. Wings Academy School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Young Park
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad Administration Building Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes Evangelical Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Farms Post Office
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 178th Street or Morris Park Avenue.

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