Rev James A Polite Avenue & East 166th Street

Rev James A Polite Avenue and East 166th Street meet at a three-way junction in Longwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Behagen Playground is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Intervale Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Intervale Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Prospect Av/E 166 St · Bx17
Within a walk
30 places
16 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rev James A Polite 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. Simpson St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Prospect Av 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, 90 feet away, for the Bx17.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 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
    340 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
    0.5 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Rev James A Polite Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 16 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
    640 feet
  2. Metropolitan High School, The School
    970 feet
  3. Arturo A. Schomburg Satellite Academy Bronx School
    1,010 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bronx Regional High School
    1,010 feet
  2. Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School
    1,100 feet
  3. Bronx Latin School
    1,100 feet
  4. Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School
    1,100 feet
  5. La Peninsula Community Organization Head Start Program 2 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rev J Polite Playground
    510 feet
  2. Behagen Playground
    540 feet
  3. Schomburg Arts Garden
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Horseshoe Playground
    910 feet
  2. Stebbins Playground
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Horab Congregation House of worship
    330 feet
  2. Greater Faith Baptist Church House of worship
    370 feet
  3. Assembly Christian Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Davidson Community Center
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 166th Street or Rev James A Polite Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.