Prospect Avenue & East 166th Street

Prospect Avenue and East 166th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. The corner is also named Msgr. John A. Steltz Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Mount Horab Congregation is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Intervale Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Intervale Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Prospect Av/E 166 St · Bx17
Within a walk
28 places
14 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & East 166th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El 2 and El 5” (1992) by Michael Kelly Williams at the Intervale Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Av/E 166 St, 60 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/E 166 St Bx17
    60 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 166th Street and Prospect Avenue.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Ave & E 167 St 19 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
65 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Msgr. John A. Steltz Square, a co-naming enacted on June 7, 1990 (Local Law 22 of 1990).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 104 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Msgr. John A. Steltz Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 166th Street

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

South side of East 166th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Prospect Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Cultivating Hearts and Minds Pre-K Center at 1224 Prospect Avenue Pre-K center
    660 feet
  2. Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School
    1,010 feet
  3. Bronx Latin School
    1,010 feet
Show all 8
  1. Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School
    1,010 feet
  2. Metropolitan High School, The School
    1,050 feet
  3. Arturo A. Schomburg Satellite Academy Bronx School
    1,090 feet
  4. Bronx Regional High School
    1,090 feet
  5. La Peninsula Community Organization Head Start Program 2 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Behagen Playground
    460 feet
  2. Rev J Polite Playground
    590 feet
  3. Schomburg Arts Garden
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Horseshoe Playground
    990 feet
  2. Stebbins Playground
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Horab Congregation House of worship
    370 feet
  2. Greater Faith Baptist Church House of worship
    430 feet
  3. Assembly Christian Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Davidson Community Center
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    370 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 14 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 166th Street or Prospect 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, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.