Tinton Avenue & East 166th Street

Tinton Avenue and East 166th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Behagen Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Intervale Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Intervale Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
Prospect Av/E 166 St · Bx17
Within a walk
27 places
13 religious buildings, 8 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tinton Avenue & East 166th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Intervale 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 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El 2 and El 5” (1992) by Michael Kelly Williams at the Intervale Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Av/E 166 St, 780 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/E 166 St Bx17
    780 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 166th Street and Tinton Avenue.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Tinton Ave & E 165 St 19 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
72 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.

Since 2014 at least 97 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 166th Street

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

South side of East 166th Street

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No stopping 8 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Tinton Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Tinton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 60 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Free Classical, and mostly built between 1900 and 1903.

  1. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania Rectory Designated landmark
    660 feet
  2. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania Designated landmark
    720 feet
  3. Morris High School Outbuilding Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School
    620 feet
  2. Bronx Latin School
    620 feet
  3. Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School
    620 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bronx International High School
    860 feet
  2. High School for Violin and Dance School
    860 feet
  3. Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies School · landmark · listed historic place
    860 feet
  4. NYC Autism Charter School Bronx School
    1,090 feet
  5. Urban Scholars Community School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Behagen Playground
    50 feet
  2. Marie Brooks Community Garden
    900 feet
  3. Franklin Memorial Garden
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Youth Village Playground
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Horab Congregation House of worship
    1,110 feet
  2. Greater Faith Baptist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Forest Community center
    860 feet
  2. Davidson Community Center
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 166th 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.