Park Avenue & East 168th Street

Park Avenue and East 168th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Claremont Village-Claremont (East), Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Webster development. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Morgan Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 168 St/Park Av, is 60 feet away for the Bx35, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
E 168 St/Park Av · Bx35
Within a walk
20 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 168th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 168 St/Park Av, 60 feet away, for the Bx35.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 168 St/Park Av Bx35
    60 feet
    Bx35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 168th Street and Park Avenue.

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & E 167 St 19 docks in all
    950 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Clay Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1201 Webster Avenue Gas station
    750 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
16
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Claremont Village-Claremont (East)
Elevation
36 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.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Webster development.

Since 2014 at least 217 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 168th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 168th Street

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

East side of Park Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Park Avenue

  • No stopping 8 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 132 Garret A. Morgan School
    420 feet
  2. Claremont Neighborhood Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  3. Harriet Tubman Charter School
    880 feet
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  1. Escuela Comunitaria del Bronx/Bronx Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  2. Habitot Es Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. 3467 Ready, Set, Learn L L C Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  4. South Bronx Classical Charter School III School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morgan Playground
    50 feet
  2. Rev Lena Irons Unity Park
    400 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Webster Community center
    470 feet
  2. Morrisania Post Office Listed historic place
    700 feet
  3. Community center at 1162 - 1176 Washington Avenue Community center
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. William Hodson Community Center Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 26/Engine 50/Ladder 19 Fire station
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 21 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 168th Street or Park Avenue.

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