Prospect Avenue & East 168th Street

Prospect Avenue and East 168th Street meet at a three-way junction in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Davidson Community Center is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Prospect Av/Home St · Bx17
Within a walk
20 places
10 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & East 168th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The El” (2007) by Daniel Hauben at the Freeman St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Av/Home St, 110 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/Home St Bx17
    110 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Prospect Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Union Ave & E 169 St 19 docks in all
    780 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. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 168th Street

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

South side of East 168th Street

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

West side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Cultivating Hearts and Minds Pre-K Center at 1224 Prospect Avenue Pre-K center
    600 feet
  2. NYC Autism Charter School Bronx School
    710 feet
  3. Urban Scholars Community School
    710 feet
Show all 7
  1. Metropolitan High School, The School
    910 feet
  2. Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School
    1,050 feet
  3. Bronx Latin School
    1,050 feet
  4. Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rev J Polite Playground
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Faith Baptist Church House of worship
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Davidson Community Center
    620 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 82/Ladder 31 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 168th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.