Union Avenue & East 156th Street

Union Avenue and East 156th 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. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt is 610 feet away, and Fountain Of Youth Playground is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
980 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
E 156 St/Prospect Av · Bx46
Within a walk
30 places
10 religious buildings, 10 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & East 156th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    980 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
    1,220 feet
    2 5
  2. E 149 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

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 156 St/Prospect Av, 380 feet away, for the Bx46.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 156 St/Prospect Av Bx46
    380 feet
    Bx46

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Westchester Ave & E 156 St 23 docks in all
    490 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
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 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 162 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

North side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 156th Street

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

East side of Union Avenue

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

West side of Union Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 1 sign PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

Twenty buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built in 1900.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 10 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School
    340 feet
  2. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School
    610 feet
  3. Urban Dove Team Charter School II School
    820 feet
Show all 11
  1. Academy of Public Relations School
    910 feet
  2. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    910 feet
  3. P.S. X017 School
    910 feet
  4. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    910 feet
  5. St Anselm School
    930 feet
  6. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx School
    1,160 feet
  7. M.S. 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz School
    1,160 feet
  8. Prospect Family Residence Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abigail Playground
    260 feet
  2. Captain Rivera Playground
    830 feet
  3. Demera Santiago Garden
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Al Quiñones Playground
    1,140 feet
  2. Fountain Of Youth Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. Casa Amadeo, Antigua Casa Hernandez Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselms Church Listed historic place
    860 feet
  2. United Church Landmark
    890 feet
  3. St Margarets Episcopal Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Saint Mary's Park Community center
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 73/Ladder 42 Fire station
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 156th Street or Union Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.