Park Avenue & Brook Avenue

Park Avenue and Brook Avenue meet at a six-way junction in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 2,402 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bette's Rose Garden is 810 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Brook Av/Park Av, is 70 feet away for the Bx41, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Brook Av/Park Av · Bx41
Within a walk
26 places
11 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Brook Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Brook Av/Park Av, 70 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brook Av/Park Av Bx41
    70 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 165th Street, Melrose Avenue and Park Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 165 St & Clay Ave 19 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1029 Washington Avenue Gas station
    870 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,402 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 367th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 964 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
16
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 234 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 63 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 165th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 165th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 32 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Transitional Romanesque Revival / neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1901 and 1902.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Pathways Academy School
    770 feet
  2. South Bronx International Middle School
    770 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 3 School
    770 feet
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  1. Family Life Academy Charter School II Middle School
    870 feet
  2. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    890 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter Schools-Bronx 3 Upper School
    930 feet
  4. Sharon Baptist Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  5. Sunshine Devel - Sharon Baptist HS School
    1,100 feet
  6. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Arcilla Playground
    720 feet
  2. Bette's Rose Garden
    810 feet
  3. Melrose Commons Park
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Vineyard International Christian Ministries House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morrisania Post Office Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  2. Community center at College Ave - East 165th Street Community center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Shop Fresh Food Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Brook Avenue, East 165th Street, Melrose Avenue or Park Avenue.

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