Vyse Avenue & East 173rd Street

Vyse Avenue and East 173rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Fairmont Neighborhood School is 330 feet away, and Bard High School Early College Bronx is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 174 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
174 St
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
E 174 St/Bryant Av · Bx11
Within a walk
24 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Vyse Avenue & East 173rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 174 St, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 174 St 2, 5
    1,110 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. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Trip Up the Bronx River” (2004) by Daniel Del Valle at the 174 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 174 St/Bryant Av, 900 feet away, for the Bx11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 174 St/Bryant Av Bx11
    900 feet
    Bx11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 173rd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Southern Blvd & E 174 St 27 docks in all
    1,030 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1614 Boston Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
74 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 173rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 173rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Vyse Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Vyse Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Fairmont Neighborhood School
    330 feet
  2. Samara Community School Pre-K
    330 feet
  3. Samara Community School
    950 feet
Show all 7
  1. East Bronx Academy for the Future School
    1,120 feet
  2. Bard High School Early College Bronx School
    1,210 feet
  3. Bronx Envision Academy School
    1,210 feet
  4. Explorations Academy H.S. School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rock Garden Park
    470 feet
  2. Rock Garden Park Playground
    520 feet
  3. Seabury Playground
    680 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bronx Sunshine Garden
    1,030 feet
  2. Eae J Mitchell Park
    1,100 feet
  3. Starlight Park
    1,220 feet
  4. Crotona Park
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1560 Boone Avenue Public space
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Gospel Temple Church House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Bryant Ave - East 174th St Community center
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 173rd Street or Vyse 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.