Walton Avenue & East 171st Street

Walton Avenue and East 171st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Lucero Elementary School is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, nine of them schools, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
610 feet · 2 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
E 170 St/Jerome Av · Bx11
Within a walk
16 places
9 schools, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Walton Avenue & East 171st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 170 St B, D
    610 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 170 St 4
    870 feet
    4
  2. Mt Eden Av 4
    0.3 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 170 St/Jerome Av, 960 feet away, for the Bx11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Walton Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walton Ave & E 171 St 19 docks in all
    30 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2022

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
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,700 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 126 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 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
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 171st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 171st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Walton Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Walton Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 204694 and 205750.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Lucero Elementary School
    190 feet
  2. The Walton Avenue School
    190 feet
  3. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
Show all 11
  1. Bronx Collegiate Academy School
    1,180 feet
  2. Bronx High School for Medical Science School
    1,180 feet
  3. Bronx High School of Business School
    1,180 feet
  4. Claremont International HS School
    1,180 feet
  5. Dreamyard Preparatory School
    1,180 feet
  6. New Directions Secondary School
    1,180 feet
  7. The Bronx School for Continuous Learners School
    1,180 feet
  8. Mid-Bronx CCRP Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Keltch Park
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    470 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    800 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 28 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 171st 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.