Sheridan Avenue & East 171st Street

Sheridan Avenue and East 171st Street meet at a three-way junction in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Collegiate Academy is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them schools, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
240 feet · 1 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Grand Concourse/E 172 St · Bx1, Bx2
Within a walk
19 places
9 schools, 6 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sheridan Avenue & East 171st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 170 St B, D
    240 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 170 St 4
    0.3 miles
    4
  2. 174-175 Sts B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/E 172 St, 690 feet away, for the Bx1 and Bx2.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/E 172 St Bx1, Bx2
    690 feet
    Bx1 Bx2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Concourse & E 171 St 25 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
100 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 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 1923 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 171st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 171st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Sheridan Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Collegiate Academy School
    220 feet
  2. Bronx High School for Medical Science School
    220 feet
  3. Bronx High School of Business School
    220 feet
Show all 11
  1. Claremont International HS School
    220 feet
  2. Dreamyard Preparatory School
    220 feet
  3. New Directions Secondary School
    220 feet
  4. The Bronx School for Continuous Learners School
    220 feet
  5. Jesus Loves the Angels #2 Daycare Pre-K
    970 feet
  6. Jesus Loves the Angels #3 Daycare Pre-K
    970 feet
  7. Lucero Elementary School
    1,150 feet
  8. The Walton Avenue School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grant Park
    660 feet
  2. Claremont Park
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 25 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 171st Street or Sheridan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.