Teller Avenue & East 162nd Street

Teller Avenue and East 162nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Morrisania Air Rights development. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Melrose Library is 650 feet away, and Bette's Rose Garden is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Melrose Av/E 162 St, is 800 feet away for the Bx41 SBS, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Melrose Av/E 162 St · Bx41 SBS
Within a walk
38 places
15 religious buildings, 7 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Teller Avenue & East 162nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Melrose Av/E 162 St, 800 feet away, for the Bx41 SBS.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Melrose Av/E 162 St Bx41 SBS · Shelter
    800 feet
    Bx41 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Ave & E 162 St 21 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    1,210 feet
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
42 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Morrisania Air Rights development.

Since 2014 at least 439 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

North side of East 162nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 162nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Teller Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Teller Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 2 courthouses
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Fabiana Day Care Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. Luminous Early Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter Schools-Bronx 3 Upper School
    940 feet
Show all 9
  1. New Pathways Academy School
    1,070 feet
  2. South Bronx International Middle School
    1,070 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 3 School
    1,070 feet
  4. Family Life Academy Charter School II Middle School
    1,110 feet
  5. P.S. 035 Franz Siegel School
    1,170 feet
  6. Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Railroad Park
    220 feet
  2. Railroad Park Playground
    350 feet
  3. Arcilla Playground
    580 feet
Show all 8
  1. Melrose Commons Park
    780 feet
  2. Bette's Rose Garden
    800 feet
  3. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    910 feet
  4. Melrose New Generation Community Garden
    970 feet
  5. Yolanda García Park
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 55 Ambulance station
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Melrose Library
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Epworth United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Morissania Air Rights Community center
    210 feet
  2. Bronx Hall of Justice Courthouse
    1,070 feet
  3. Older adult center at 3135 Park Avenue Older adult center
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bronx Supreme Court Criminal Term Courthouse
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fresh Food Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,190 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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 162nd Street or Teller Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.