Prospect Avenue & East 156th Street

Prospect Avenue and East 156th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. The corner is also named Lorraine Montenegro Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Abigail Playground is 540 feet away, and Demera Santiago Garden is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
880 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
E 156 St/Prospect Av · Bx46
Within a walk
31 places
10 religious buildings, 10 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & East 156th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    880 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. E 149 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx. Four Seasons” (2008) by Marina Tsersarskaya at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 156 St/Prospect Av, 90 feet away, for the Bx46.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 156 St/Prospect Av Bx46
    90 feet
    Bx46

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Prospect Avenue.

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Ave & Longwood Ave 29 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
40 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Lorraine Montenegro Way (Local Law 237 of 2017, enacted on December 1, 2017) and Dra. Evelina Antonetty Way (Local Law 14 of 2012, enacted on March 7, 2012).

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 36 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 70 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1897 and 1900.

  1. St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Rectory Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 10 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School
    330 feet
  2. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School
    620 feet
  3. Urban Dove Team Charter School II School
    770 feet
Show all 11
  1. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx School
    880 feet
  2. M.S. 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz School
    880 feet
  3. Prospect Family Residence Pre-K
    960 feet
  4. Academy of Public Relations School
    1,200 feet
  5. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    1,200 feet
  6. P.S. X017 School
    1,200 feet
  7. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    1,200 feet
  8. St Anselm School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abigail Playground
    540 feet
  2. Demera Santiago Garden
    850 feet
  3. Al Quiñones Playground
    850 feet
Show all 6
  1. Captain Rivera Playground
    1,120 feet
  2. Bill Rainey Park
    1,270 feet
  3. The William Rainey Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casa Amadeo, Antigua Casa Hernandez Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Longwood Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Church Landmark
    610 feet
  2. St Margarets Episcopal Church Landmark
    680 feet
  3. St Anselms Church Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 73/Ladder 42 Fire station
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,090 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 156th Street or Prospect 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, NYC Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.