Shakespeare Avenue & West 170th Street

Shakespeare Avenue and West 170th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Highbridge, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Cpl Fischer Park is 30 feet away, and Highbridge Community Church is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them schools, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
W 170 St/Shakespeare Av · Bx18B
Within a walk
19 places
6 schools, 3 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Shakespeare Avenue & West 170th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 170 St 4
    0.3 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. 167 St 4
    0.4 miles
    4
  2. 170 St B, D
    0.5 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Views from Above” (2006) by Dina Bursztyn at the 170 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 170 St/Shakespeare Av, 40 feet away, for the Bx18B.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 170 St/Shakespeare Av Bx18B
    40 feet
    Bx18B

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18B …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 170th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Shakespeare Ave & W 169 St 20 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Depot Place & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1237 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020

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)
Highbridge
Elevation
86 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 350 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 109 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black locust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Shakespeare Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Shakespeare Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 170th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 170th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Debate Academy School
    820 feet
  2. The New Friendly Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Family Life Academy Charter Schools High School
    1,000 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brilla Pax Charter School
    1,150 feet
  2. Sacred Heart School
    1,150 feet
  3. Family Life Academy Charter School
    1,180 feet
  4. Kids-Centric, Inc Sacred Heart Scho School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cpl Fischer Park
    30 feet
  2. Corporal Fischer Park Playground
    300 feet
  3. Roberto Clemente Community Garden
    460 feet
Show all 7
  1. Martin Luther King Triangle
    760 feet
  2. Ogden Plimpton Playground
    860 feet
  3. Mosaic Success Garden
    1,020 feet
  4. Plimpton Playground
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. High Bridge Library
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Highbridge Community Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highbridge Post Office
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    730 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Shakespeare Avenue or West 170th Street.

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.