Walton Avenue & East 172nd Street

Walton Avenue and East 172nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Keltch Park is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them schools, and 28 places to eat. About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1929, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
940 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Grand Concourse/E 172 St · Bx1, Bx2
Within a walk
11 places
5 schools, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Walton Avenue & East 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 170 St B, D
    940 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
    1,280 feet
    4
  2. Mt Eden Av 4
    0.3 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/E 172 St, 630 feet away, for the Bx1 and Bx2.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/E 172 St Bx1, Bx2
    630 feet
    Bx1 Bx2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 172nd Street and Walton Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
88 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 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 1924 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 186 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Walton Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Walton Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Lucero Elementary School
    600 feet
  2. The Walton Avenue School
    600 feet
  3. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
Show all 7
  1. Mid-Bronx CCRP Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. Comprehensive Model School Project M.S. 327 School
    950 feet
  3. Mount Eden Children's Academy School
    950 feet
  4. Zeta Charter School - Bronx Mount Eden School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Keltch Park
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    880 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 29 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 172nd 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.