Tinton Avenue & East 161st Street

Tinton Avenue and East 161st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's McKinley development. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. United Charter High School for the Humanities II is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
E 163 St/Tinton Av · Bx6
Within a walk
26 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tinton Avenue & East 161st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    990 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
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Intervale Av 2, 5
    0.5 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 E 163 St/Tinton Av, 710 feet away, for the Bx6.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 163 St/Tinton Av Bx6
    710 feet
    Bx6

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 161st Street and Tinton Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1993.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's McKinley development.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 161st Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 161st Street

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

East side of Tinton Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Tinton Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

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.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Blondell Joyner Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  2. United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science LL School
    460 feet
  3. United Charter High School for the Humanities II School
    460 feet
Show all 11
  1. Fidelis Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
  2. Gwendolyn B. Bland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. Argus Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    930 feet
  4. Academy of Public Relations School
    1,070 feet
  5. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    1,070 feet
  6. P.S. X017 School
    1,070 feet
  7. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    1,070 feet
  8. M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Union Garden - Union Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,010 feet
  2. Dunbar Playground
    1,130 feet
  3. Abigail Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodstock Library Landmark
    560 feet
  2. Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. Casa Amadeo, Antigua Casa Hernandez Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Forest Community center
    870 feet
  2. Older adult center at 950 Union Avenue Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 161st Street or Tinton 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, 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.