Shakespeare Avenue & West 172nd Street

Shakespeare Avenue and West 172nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Plimpton Playground is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
1,160 feet
Edward L Grant Hwy/Jesup Av · Bx11, Bx35
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Shakespeare Avenue & West 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 170 St 4
    0.5 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

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

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 Edward L Grant Hwy/Jesup Av, 1,160 feet away, for the Bx11 and Bx35.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Edward L Grant Hwy/Jesup Av Bx11, Bx35
    1,160 feet
    Bx11 Bx35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …
  2. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nelson Ave & W 172 St 20 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2022

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)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
128 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 261 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Shakespeare Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Shakespeare Avenue

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

North side of West 172nd Street

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

South side of West 172nd Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 199x - the Shakespeare School
    180 feet
  2. Bronx-Manhattan SDA School
    670 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Plimpton Playground
    600 feet
  2. Half-Nelson Playground
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Bronx Recreation Center
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Shakespeare Avenue or West 172nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.