Ogden Avenue & West 162nd Street

Ogden Avenue and West 162nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Highbridge, Bronx. The corner is also named Yomo Toro Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Taqwa Community Farm is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them gardens, and three places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Ogden Av/W 162 St · Bx13
Within a walk
11 places
5 gardens, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ogden Avenue & West 162nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    0.4 miles
    4 B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Room of Tranquility” (2002) by Helene Brandt and “Wall-Slide” (2002) by Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the 161 St-Yankee Stadium station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ogden Av/W 162 St, 40 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ogden Av/W 162 St Bx13
    40 feet
    Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ogden Ave & W 164 St 19 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Depot Place & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1165 Ogden Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.4 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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)
Highbridge
Elevation
91 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Yomo Toro Place, a co-naming enacted on July 1, 2013 (Local Law 50 of 2013).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 299 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Yomo Toro Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ogden Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Ogden Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 162nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of West 162nd Street

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1901 and 1902.

  1. American Female Guardian Society Designated landmark
    500 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Macombs Dam Park.

  1. Macombs Dam Park Fountain Fountain by Martin Schenck, 1908
    520 feet
  2. Highbridge World War I Memorial Statue, 1923
    720 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 gardens
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Isla Youth Community Garden
    280 feet
  2. Woodycrest Community Garden
    310 feet
  3. Taqwa Community Farm Garden
    410 feet
Show all 7
  1. Macombs Dam Park
    440 feet
  2. Summit Playground
    640 feet
  3. Sweetgum Community Garden
    750 feet
  4. Target Bronx (Anderson Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. Highbridge Woodycrest Center Nursing home or hospice
    680 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Plaza Apartments Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ogden Avenue or West 162nd Street.

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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.