Park Avenue & East 162nd Street

Park Avenue and East 162nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Morrisania Air Rights development. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Melrose Commons Park is 690 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Melrose Av/E 162 St, is 710 feet away for the Bx41 SBS, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Melrose Av/E 162 St · Bx41 SBS
Within a walk
39 places
14 religious buildings, 6 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 162nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Melrose Av/E 162 St, 710 feet away, for the Bx41 SBS.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Melrose Av/E 162 St Bx41 SBS · Shelter
    710 feet
    Bx41 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Ave & E 162 St 21 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
42 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Morrisania Air Rights development.

Since 2014 at least 450 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 162nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 162nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Fabiana Day Care Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    150 feet
  2. Luminous Early Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    250 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter Schools-Bronx 3 Upper School
    970 feet
Show all 9
  1. New Pathways Academy School
    1,060 feet
  2. South Bronx International Middle School
    1,060 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 3 School
    1,060 feet
  4. Family Life Academy Charter School II Middle School
    1,140 feet
  5. P.S. 035 Franz Siegel School
    1,200 feet
  6. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Railroad Park
    120 feet
  2. Railroad Park Playground
    270 feet
  3. Arcilla Playground
    500 feet
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  1. Melrose Commons Park
    690 feet
  2. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    810 feet
  3. Bette's Rose Garden
    830 feet
  4. Melrose New Generation Community Garden
    880 feet
  5. Yolanda García Park
    1,180 feet
  6. Dolorinda Lisante Community Garden
    1,270 feet
  7. 159th Street Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 55 Ambulance station
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Melrose Library
    740 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Morissania Air Rights Community center
    260 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3135 Park Avenue Older adult center
    1,130 feet
  3. Bronx Hall of Justice Courthouse
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bronx Supreme Court Criminal Term Courthouse
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 17 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 162nd Street or Park Avenue.

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