Walton Avenue & East 170th Street

Walton Avenue and East 170th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. The Walton Avenue School is 380 feet away, and Evangel Revival Time Church is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
550 feet · 2 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
E 170 St/Jerome Av · Bx11
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Walton Avenue & East 170th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 170 St 4
    550 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. 170 St B, D
    610 feet
    B D
  2. 167 St B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Views from Above” (2006) by Dina Bursztyn at the 170 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 170 St/Jerome Av, 520 feet away, for the Bx11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 170 St/Jerome Av Bx11
    520 feet
    Bx11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Walton Avenue.

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walton Ave & E 171 St 19 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1237 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
74 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,200 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 1923 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 376 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 58 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2022 and December 2025; 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 8:30am to 7pm on Walton Avenue (west side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Walton Avenue (west side).

North side of East 170th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 170th Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

East side of Walton Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 200012, 200015, 205750, 213794 and 223481.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Lucero Elementary School
    380 feet
  2. The Walton Avenue School
    380 feet
  3. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
Show all 7
  1. Family Life Academy Charter School
    890 feet
  2. Family Life Academy Charter Schools High School
    1,070 feet
  3. Christ the King School
    1,080 feet
  4. Aeci Ii: NYC Charter High School for Computer Engineering and Innovation School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Keltch Park
    600 feet
  2. Grant Park
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Evangel Revival Time Church House of worship
    980 feet
  2. Church of God Pentecostal House of worship
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    50 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    350 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 37 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 170th Street or Walton 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.