Plimpton Avenue & West 172nd Street

Plimpton Avenue and West 172nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Plimpton Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Plimpton Av/Edward L Grant HWY, is 790 feet away for the Bx13, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them playgrounds, and four places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Plimpton Av/Edward L Grant HWY · Bx13
Within a walk
10 places
3 playgrounds, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Plimpton Avenue & West 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Plimpton Av/Edward L Grant HWY, 790 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Plimpton Av/Edward L Grant HWY Bx13
    790 feet
    Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nelson Ave & W 172 St 20 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1237 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.9 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
118 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 85 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Plimpton Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Plimpton Avenue

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

North side of West 172nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 172nd Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx-Manhattan SDA School
    270 feet
  2. P.S. 199x - the Shakespeare School
    550 feet
  3. Garden of Learning and Discovery Pre-K Center at 1434 Ogden Avenue Pre-K center
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Plimpton Playground
    50 feet
  2. Ogden Plimpton Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. Half-Nelson Playground
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Bronx Recreation Center
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Plimpton Avenue or West 172nd Street.

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