Nelson Avenue & West 172nd Street

Nelson Avenue and West 172nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx-Manhattan SDA School is 370 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Plimpton Av/Edward L Grant HWY, is 1,040 feet away for the Bx13, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,040 feet
Plimpton Av/Edward L Grant HWY · Bx13
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nelson Avenue & West 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Plimpton Av/Edward L Grant HWY, 1,040 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Plimpton Av/Edward L Grant HWY Bx13
    1,040 feet
    Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nelson Ave & W 172 St 20 docks in all
    40 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. 1237 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
116 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 213 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Nelson Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Nelson Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 172nd Street

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

South side of West 172nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 199x - the Shakespeare School
    310 feet
  2. Bronx-Manhattan SDA School
    370 feet
  3. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 2 School
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Garden of Learning and Discovery Pre-K Center at 1434 Ogden Avenue Pre-K center
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Plimpton Playground
    300 feet
  2. Half-Nelson Playground
    970 feet
  3. Featherbed Triangle
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ogden Plimpton Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Bronx Recreation Center
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Nelson Avenue or West 172nd Street.

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.