Park Avenue & East 169th Street

Park Avenue and East 169th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Claremont Village-Claremont (East), Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Morrisania development. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 132 Garret A. Morgan is 670 feet away, and Morrisania Baptist Church is 870 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Webster Av/E 169 St, is 590 feet away for the Bx41. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Webster Av/E 169 St · Bx41
Within a walk
28 places
11 religious buildings, 7 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 169th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Webster Av/E 169 St, 590 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Webster Av/E 169 St Bx41
    590 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Park Avenue.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 169 St & Webster Ave 21 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Clay Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1961 and 1964.

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

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 169th Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 169th Street

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

East side of Park Avenue

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

West side of Park Avenue

  • No stopping 10 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harriet Tubman Charter School
    660 feet
  2. P.S. 132 Garret A. Morgan School
    670 feet
  3. Wildflower New York Charter School Pre-K
    890 feet
Show all 9
  1. Claremont Neighborhood Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Academy III Secondary School
    1,150 feet
  3. I.S. 219 New Venture School
    1,150 feet
  4. Kappa School
    1,150 feet
  5. P.S. 055 Benjamin Franklin School
    1,240 feet
  6. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 2 School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morgan Playground
    250 feet
  2. Clay Avenue Community Garden
    920 feet
  3. Claremont Neighborhood Garden
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Rev Lena Irons Unity Park
    1,050 feet
  2. Drew Playground
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Morrisania Baptist Church House of worship
    870 feet
  2. Iglesia Ni Cristo Church of Christ House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. William Hodson Community Center Older adult center
    490 feet
  2. Community center at Webster Community center
    840 feet
  3. Butler Community Center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 18 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 169th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.