Park Avenue & East 171st Street

Park Avenue and East 171st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Claremont Village-Claremont (East), Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Morris II development. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 042 Claremont is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Claremont Pkwy/Washington Av, is 760 feet away for the Bx11 and Bx41, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Claremont Pkwy/Washington Av · Bx11, Bx41
Within a walk
25 places
9 religious buildings, 8 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 171st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Claremont Pkwy/Washington Av, 760 feet away, for the Bx11 and Bx41.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Claremont Pkwy/Washington Av Bx11, Bx41 · Shelter
    760 feet
    Bx11 Bx41
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …
  2. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Park Avenue.

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 171 St & 3 Ave 24 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Clay Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1724 Webster Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
16
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Claremont Village-Claremont (East)
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1960 and 1965.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 171st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 171st Street

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 042 Claremont School
    780 feet
  2. Icahn Charter School 1 School
    890 feet
  3. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
Show all 9
  1. Carl C Icahn Charter Middle School
    1,210 feet
  2. P.S. 055 Benjamin Franklin School
    1,220 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 2 School
    1,220 feet
  4. Mott Hall Bronx High School
    1,230 feet
  5. Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The School
    1,230 feet
  6. Validus Preparatory Academy School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jardin de la Familia Garden
    220 feet
  2. Little Claremont Playground
    270 feet
  3. Flower Garden - Morris II Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    910 feet
Show all 7
  1. Gouverneur Playground
    920 feet
  2. Claremont Park
    1,090 feet
  3. Michel Triangle
    1,150 feet
  4. Crotona Park
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Victory RC Church House of worship
    360 feet
  2. St Pauls Episcopal Church House of worship
    900 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change 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 171st Street or Park Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.