Teller Avenue & East 171st Street

Teller Avenue and East 171st Street meet at a three-way junction in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx, at the edge of Claremont Park. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Mount Sinai Baptist Church is 410 feet away, and Bronx High School of Business is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
E 170 St/Teller Av · Bx11
Within a walk
22 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 170 St B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 170 St/Teller Av, 560 feet away, for the Bx11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 170 St/Teller Av Bx11 · Shelter
    560 feet
    Bx11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Teller Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morris Ave & E 171 St 21 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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); the corner is on the edge of the Claremont Park area
Elevation
74 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 199 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 171st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 171st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Teller Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Help Morris Early Childhood Program Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. Jesus Loves the Angels #2 Daycare Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. Bronx Collegiate Academy School
    920 feet
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  1. Jesus Loves the Angels #3 Daycare Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. Bronx High School for Medical Science School
    920 feet
  3. Bronx High School of Business School
    920 feet
  4. Claremont International HS School
    920 feet
  5. Dreamyard Preparatory School
    920 feet
  6. New Directions Secondary School
    920 feet
  7. The Bronx School for Continuous Learners School
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Claremont Park
    40 feet
  2. College Avenue Garden
    270 feet
  3. Grant Park
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    410 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Claremont Park Pool Swimming pool
    430 feet
  2. Claremont Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    490 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 12 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 171st Street or Teller 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.