St Anns Avenue & East 156th Street

St Anns Avenue and East 156th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 157 Grove Hill is 460 feet away, and Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, seven of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,040 feet
3 Av/E 157 St · Bx21
Within a walk
27 places
7 schools, 6 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Anns Avenue & East 156th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Latin American Stories” (2009) by George Crespo at the Jackson Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 157 St, 1,040 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 157 St Bx21
    1,040 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Anns Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 156 St & Brook Ave 19 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at St Anns Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 481 East 163rd Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,200 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 1978 and 2010.

Since 2014 at least 231 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2024 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Anns Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 6AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of St Anns Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Northside Center for Child Development - Bronx Early Head Start Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    220 feet
  2. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    360 feet
  3. Brilla Veritas Charter School
    420 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 157 Grove Hill School
    460 feet
  2. Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School
    570 feet
  3. University Heights Secondary School
    570 feet
  4. Leaders of Excellence, Advocacy and Discovery School
    1,020 feet
  5. P.S. X643 School
    1,020 feet
  6. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    1,150 feet
  7. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    700 feet
  2. Grove Hill Community Garden
    720 feet
  3. El Batey Borincano Garden
    730 feet
Show all 8
  1. Magnolia Tree Community Garden
    750 feet
  2. Grove Hill Playground
    770 feet
  3. Flynn Playground
    880 feet
  4. Captain Rivera Playground
    1,040 feet
  5. Vogue Community Garden
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hub Post Office
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and seven 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 of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 156th Street or St Anns Avenue.

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