River Avenue & East 157th Street

River Avenue and East 157th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx, at the edge of Yankee Stadium-Macombs Dam Park. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. River Avenue Parks is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about three minutes on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
700 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
River Av/E 157 St · Bx13
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
River Avenue & East 157th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    700 feet
    4 B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Room of Tranquility” (2002) by Helene Brandt and “Wall-Slide” (2002) by Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the 161 St-Yankee Stadium station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is River Av/E 157 St, 80 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. River Av/E 157 St Bx13
    80 feet
    Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 157 St & River Ave 19 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 900 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 611 Grand Concourse Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village; the corner is on the edge of the Yankee Stadium-Macombs Dam Park area

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 134 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 110 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the flowering dogwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 157th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 157th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of River Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING STADIUM EVENT
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Seventeen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1926 and 1931.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Bronx County Courthouse.

  1. Victory, Peace and Love of County Sculpture by Joseph Kiselewski, 1934
    800 feet
  2. Genius of Administration Sculpture by Edward Sanford, 1934
    810 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 courthouse

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Macombs Dam Park
    50 feet
  2. River Avenue Parks Playground
    160 feet
  3. Franz Sigel Park
    580 feet
Show all 4
  1. Franz Sigel Park Playground
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lowly Nazarene Baptist Church House of worship
    850 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Supreme Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    770 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,290 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,240 feet
  2. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    980 feet
  2. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 157th Street or River Avenue.

Sources: 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.