Prospect Avenue & East 170th Street

Prospect Avenue and East 170th Street meet at a three-way junction in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Crotona Park is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Prospect Av/Boston Rd · Bx17
Within a walk
23 places
14 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & East 170th 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 eight 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/Boston Rd, 170 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/Boston Rd Bx17
    170 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Prospect Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & Prospect Ave 19 docks in all
    110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    970 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
80 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 262 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    120 feet
  2. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School
    960 feet
  3. P.S. 134 George F. Bristow School
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Little Scholars Early Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    600 feet
  2. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    830 feet
  3. Martin Van Buren Playground
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cordelia’s Garden
    1,130 feet
  2. Model T Community Garden
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 170th 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.