River Avenue & East 162nd Street

River Avenue and East 162nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx, at the edge of Yankee Stadium-Macombs Dam Park. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Macombs Dam Park is 30 feet away, and Yankee Stadium is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about two minutes on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
630 feet · 2 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
E 161 St/River Av · Bx13
Within a walk
17 places
4 religious buildings, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
River Avenue & East 162nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    630 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 167 St 4
    0.5 miles
    4

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, 700 feet away, for the Bx13.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Gerard Ave & E 164 St 19 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1133 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2009
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 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 1930.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the maidenhair tree and the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 162nd Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 162nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING STADIUM EVENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of River Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING STADIUM EVENT
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Six buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1925 and 1927.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Joyce Kilmer Park.

  1. Louis J. Heintz Memorial Sculpture by Pierre Feitu, 1909
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. All Hallows Institute School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Macombs Dam Park
    30 feet
  2. Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park and Recreation Center Park
    510 feet
  3. Mullaly Playground (1) Playground
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Joyce Kilmer Park
    1,070 feet
  2. Joyce Kilmer Park Playground
    1,230 feet
  3. Elston Gene Howard Field Playground
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lou Gehrig Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Plaza Apartments Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Yankee Stadium Stadium or arena
    430 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lowly Nazarene Baptist Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Mullaly Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    840 feet
  2. John Mullaly Recreation Center
    920 feet
  3. Mullaly Park Pool Swimming pool
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    780 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    280 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 162nd Street or River Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, 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.