Tinton Avenue & East 160th Street

Tinton Avenue and East 160th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Abigail Playground is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1994, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
9 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
690 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
Prospect Av/Westchester Av · Bx17
Within a walk
26 places
8 religious buildings, 7 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tinton Avenue & East 160th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    690 feet
    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. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. Intervale Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx. Four Seasons” (2008) by Marina Tsersarskaya at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Av/Westchester Av, 780 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/Westchester Av Bx17
    780 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 160 St & Tinton Ave 22 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1960 and 1994.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 160th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 160th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Tinton Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Tinton Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1913 and 1914.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Blondell Joyner Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Argus Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    620 feet
  3. United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science LL School
    760 feet
Show all 11
  1. United Charter High School for the Humanities II School
    760 feet
  2. Academy of Public Relations School
    760 feet
  3. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    760 feet
  4. P.S. X017 School
    760 feet
  5. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    760 feet
  6. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School
    1,140 feet
  7. Fidelis Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  8. Gwendolyn B. Bland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abigail Playground
    980 feet
  2. Captain Rivera Playground
    1,280 feet
  3. Union Garden - Union Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodstock Library Landmark
    260 feet
  2. Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    740 feet
  3. Casa Amadeo, Antigua Casa Hernandez Listed historic place
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Forest Community center
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,030 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 160th Street or Tinton 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.