River Avenue & East 161st Street

River Avenue and East 161st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx, at the edge of Yankee Stadium-Macombs Dam Park. The corner is also named Rivera Avenue by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 70 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Lowly Nazarene Baptist Church is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about a minute on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them parks, and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
49 hurt
70 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
50 feet · 1 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
E 161 St/River Av · Bx13
Within a walk
14 places
4 parks, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
River Avenue & East 161st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    50 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 E 161 St/River Av, 40 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 161 St/River Av Bx13
    40 feet
    Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

East 161st Street carries a bus lane, 7am to 8pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 161 St & River Ave 38 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 70 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 48 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 12 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 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

This corner is also named Rivera Avenue, a co-naming enacted on December 17, 2013 (Local Law 131 of 2013).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,200 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 1926 and 1937.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 105 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rivera Avenue.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 108 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 161st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No standing 12 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 161st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING STADIUM EVENT
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of River Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING STADIUM EVENT
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Taxi stand 2 signs TAXI STAND

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 220518.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Twelve buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1925 and 1928.

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Loyalty, Valor and Sacrifice Sculpture by Joseph Kiselewski, 1934
    640 feet
  2. Victory, Peace and Love of County Sculpture by Joseph Kiselewski, 1934
    680 feet
  3. Triumph of Justice Sculpture by George Holburn Snowden, 1934
    710 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Macombs Dam Park
    100 feet
  2. Elston Gene Howard Field Playground
    600 feet
  3. Joyce Kilmer Park
    650 feet
Show all 7
  1. River Avenue Parks Playground
    730 feet
  2. Franz Sigel Park
    1,120 feet
  3. Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park and Recreation Center Park
    1,190 feet
  4. Grandstand in Macombs Dam Park Park feature
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lou Gehrig Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    760 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Yankee Stadium Stadium or arena
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lowly Nazarene Baptist Church House of worship
    590 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Supreme Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Older adult center at 900 Grand Concourse Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    410 feet

Shopping centers

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 161st Street or River Avenue.

Sources: 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, 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.