Prospect Avenue & East 164th Street

Prospect Avenue and East 164th Street meet at a three-way junction in Longwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 39 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Arturo A. Schomburg Satellite Academy Bronx is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Prospect Av/E 163 St · Bx17
Within a walk
25 places
14 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & East 164th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    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. Intervale Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. Simpson St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

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 Prospect Av/E 163 St, 430 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/E 163 St Bx17 · Shelter
    430 feet
    Bx17
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Prospect Avenue.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rogers Pl & E 165 St 19 docks in all
    900 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 39 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,848th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 369 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 164th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 164th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 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.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Arturo A. Schomburg Satellite Academy Bronx School
    500 feet
  2. Bronx Regional High School
    500 feet
  3. Fidelis Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pharos Academy Charter School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Schomburg Arts Garden
    320 feet
  2. Stebbins Playground
    380 feet
  3. Behagen Playground
    660 feet
Show all 5
  1. Horseshoe Playground
    740 feet
  2. Union Garden - Union Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Horab Congregation House of worship
    620 feet
  2. Greater Faith Baptist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 950 Union Avenue Older adult center
    1,180 feet
  2. Community center at Forest Community center
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 East 164th Street or Prospect Avenue.

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