Townsend Avenue & Clifford Place

Townsend Avenue and Clifford Place meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Hope, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Townsend Garden is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, 174-175 Sts, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
174-175 Sts
830 feet · 3 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
E 175 St/Walton Av · Bx32
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Townsend Avenue & Clifford Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 174-175 Sts, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 174-175 Sts B, D
    830 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 176 St 4
    1,020 feet
    4
  2. Mt Eden Av 4
    1,090 feet
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx Seasons Everchanging” (2018) by Roy Secord at the 174-175 Sts station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 175 St/Walton Av, 600 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 175 St/Walton Av Bx32
    600 feet
    Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Townsend Ave & E 175 St 19 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Walton Avenue, 590 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1736 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    740 feet
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Hope
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 377 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Clifford Place

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

South side of Clifford Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Townsend Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Townsend Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Marc Academy and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Northeast Bronx Day Care Cntr Grow School
    1,080 feet
  3. Mid-Bronx CCRP Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 170 Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jennie Jerome Playground
    600 feet
  2. Townsend Garden
    620 feet
  3. Morris Mesa Playground
    640 feet
Show all 7
  1. Featherbenches Park
    810 feet
  2. Jerome Playground South Park
    950 feet
  3. Inwood Park
    1,090 feet
  4. Green Patch on Walton Garden
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 17 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clifford Place or Townsend 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.