Walton Avenue & East 153rd Street

Walton Avenue and East 153rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. The corner lies inside the Grand Concourse Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Franz Sigel Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 149 St-Grand Concourse, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them playgrounds, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
149 St-Grand Concourse
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,120 feet
River Av/E 151 St · Bx13
Within a walk
7 places
2 playgrounds, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Walton Avenue & East 153rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 149 St-Grand Concourse, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 4 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 4 …
  3. 5 …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 4 …
  3. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    0.4 miles
    4 B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is River Av/E 151 St, 1,120 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. River Av/E 151 St Bx13
    1,120 feet
    Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Walton Avenue.

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walton Ave & E 153 St 19 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 920 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 611 Grand Concourse Gas station
    920 feet
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
8 and 16 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1939.

Since 2014 at least 151 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 138 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 153rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 153rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Walton Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Grand Concourse Historic District.

Fourteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco, and mostly built between 1930 and 1937.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Boys Preparatory Charter School of New York School
    890 feet
  2. South Bronx Classical Charter School II MS School
    890 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Franz Sigel Park
    60 feet
  2. Franz Sigel Park Playground
    100 feet
  3. Dog Run in Franz Sigel Park Dog run
    320 feet
Show all 5
  1. New Roots Community Farm Garden
    990 feet
  2. River Avenue Parks Playground
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    990 feet
  2. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 153rd Street or Walton Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.