Union Avenue & East 160th Street

Union Avenue and East 160th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Woodstock Library is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
370 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Prospect Av/Westchester Av · Bx17
Within a walk
25 places
8 religious buildings, 8 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    370 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, 460 feet away, for the Bx17.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 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
    300 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 160th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • 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 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-NOON
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

West side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built in 1900.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 garden
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science LL School
    740 feet
  2. United Charter High School for the Humanities II School
    740 feet
  3. Fidelis Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    830 feet
Show all 11
  1. Blondell Joyner Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  2. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School
    880 feet
  3. Argus Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    950 feet
  4. Academy of Public Relations School
    1,090 feet
  5. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    1,090 feet
  6. P.S. X017 School
    1,090 feet
  7. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    1,090 feet
  8. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Union Garden - Union Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    980 feet
  2. Abigail Playground
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Woodstock Library Landmark
    580 feet
  3. Casa Amadeo, Antigua Casa Hernandez Listed historic place
    610 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Church House of worship
    860 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 950 Union Avenue Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    710 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 160th Street or Union 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.