St Anns Avenue & East 159th Street

St Anns Avenue and East 159th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, seven of them gardens, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
3 Av/E 158 St · Bx15, Bx21
Within a walk
28 places
7 gardens, 5 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Anns Avenue & East 159th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.5 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. Prospect Av 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 158 St, 830 feet away, for the Bx15 and Bx21.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 158 St Bx15, Bx21
    830 feet
    Bx15 Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Anns Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Brook Ave & E 157 St 21 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 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 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1986 and 2009.

Since 2014 at least 59 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 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 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

West side of St Anns Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1905 and 1915.

  1. Bronx Borough Courthouse Designated landmark
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    400 feet
  2. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    400 feet
  3. Legacy College Charter High School
    820 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    580 feet
  2. Northside Center for Child Development - Bronx Early Head Start Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
  3. P.S. 157 Grove Hill School
    1,050 feet
  4. Brilla Veritas Charter School
    1,170 feet
  5. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  6. Argus Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  7. Boricua College - Bronx College
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Batey Borincano Garden
    270 feet
  2. Flynn Playground
    510 feet
  3. Grove Hill Playground
    580 feet
Show all 11
  1. Grove Hill Community Garden
    600 feet
  2. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    620 feet
  3. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    790 feet
  4. Hilton White Playground
    1,100 feet
  5. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    1,230 feet
  6. O'Neill Triangle Park
    1,250 feet
  7. La Isla USA Garden
    1,270 feet
  8. Latinos Unidos Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    850 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    850 feet
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 159th Street or St Anns Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.