Union Avenue & East 168th Street

Union Avenue and East 168th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Urban Scholars Community School is 310 feet away, and Behagen Playground is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Prospect Av/Home St · Bx17
Within a walk
26 places
9 religious buildings, 7 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & East 168th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Freeman St 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 “The El” (2007) by Daniel Hauben at the Freeman St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Av/Home St, 510 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/Home St Bx17
    510 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Union Ave & E 169 St 19 docks in all
    440 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 168th Street

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

South side of East 168th Street

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

East side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Union Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NYC Autism Charter School Bronx School
    310 feet
  2. Urban Scholars Community School
    310 feet
  3. Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School
    810 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bronx Latin School
    810 feet
  2. Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School
    810 feet
  3. Cultivating Hearts and Minds Pre-K Center at 1224 Prospect Avenue Pre-K center
    990 feet
  4. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School
    1,110 feet
  5. New Covenant Christian Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  6. Metropolitan High School, The School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Youth Village Playground
    1,090 feet
  2. McKinley Square
    1,110 feet
  3. Marie Brooks Community Garden
    1,140 feet
Show all 6
  1. Behagen Playground
    1,150 feet
  2. Rev J Polite Playground
    1,150 feet
  3. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 26 Ambulance station
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Faith Baptist Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Davidson Community Center
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 168th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.