Walton Avenue & East 161st Street

Walton Avenue and East 161st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. The corner lies on the edge of the Grand Concourse Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Joyce Kilmer Park is 100 feet away, and the sculpture “Triumph of Justice” is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about a minute on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them courthouses, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
70 feet · 1 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Grand Concourse/E 161 St · Bx1, Bx2, BxM4
Within a walk
15 places
3 courthouses, 3 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Walton Avenue & East 161st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    70 feet
    4 B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Room of Tranquility” (2002) by Helene Brandt and “Wall-Slide” (2002) by Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the 161 St-Yankee Stadium station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/E 161 St, 510 feet away, for the Bx1, Bx2 and BxM4.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/E 161 St Bx1, Bx2, BxM4
    510 feet
    Bx1 Bx2 BxM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …
  3. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

East 161st Street carries a bus lane, 7am to 8pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Walton Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Concourse & E 161 St 27 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

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
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,200 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 1926 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 82 signs on these blocks
  • 22 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and June 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Walton Avenue (west side).

North side of East 161st Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 161st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Walton Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY BOROUGH PRESIDENTMONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO JUDGES 8AM-10PM ALL DAYS
  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 220620, 221863 and 222574.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Grand Concourse Historic District.

Twenty buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1925 and 1937.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest at Bronx County Courthouse.

  1. Triumph of Justice Sculpture by George Holburn Snowden, 1934
    180 feet
  2. Loyalty, Valor and Sacrifice Sculpture by Joseph Kiselewski, 1934
    250 feet
  3. Heinrich Heine Fountain Fountain by Ernst Herter, 1899
    250 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 courthouses
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. All Seasons ABC Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joyce Kilmer Park
    100 feet
  2. Franz Sigel Park
    600 feet
  3. Macombs Dam Park
    660 feet
Show all 6
  1. River Avenue Parks Playground
    1,140 feet
  2. Elston Gene Howard Field Playground
    1,160 feet
  3. Joyce Kilmer Park Playground
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lou Gehrig Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lowly Nazarene Baptist Church House of worship
    370 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Supreme Court Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Older adult center at 900 Grand Concourse Older adult center · landmark
    730 feet
  3. Bronx Criminal Court Courthouse
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bronx Family Court Courthouse
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    290 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    620 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    960 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    1,070 feet
  2. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 161st Street or Walton Avenue.

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