Washington Avenue & East 164th Street

Washington Avenue and East 164th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. O'Neill Triangle is 730 feet away, and the 42nd Precinct is 1,310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Boston Rd/E 165 St, is 860 feet away for the Bx21, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
Boston Rd/E 165 St · Bx21
Within a walk
35 places
17 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & East 164th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/E 165 St, 860 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/E 165 St Bx21 · Shelter
    860 feet
    Bx21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & E 163 St 23 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 481 East 163rd Street Gas station
    460 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
16
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 2007 and 2020.

Since 2014 at least 437 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 164th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 164th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 5AM-5PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    290 feet
  2. Sunshine Devel - Sharon Baptist HS School
    820 feet
  3. Boricua College - Bronx College
    890 feet
Show all 9
  1. Sharon Baptist Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  2. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    840 feet
  3. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    980 feet
  4. P.S. 146 Edward Collins School
    1,230 feet
  5. Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  6. South Bronx Community Charter High School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. O'Neill Triangle Park
    730 feet
  2. Melrose Commons Park
    900 feet
  3. Charlton-Thompson Garden
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. William Hooper Garden (Jacquline Denise Davis Garden) Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    1,090 feet
  3. Franklin Triangle
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saxe Embroidery Company Building Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. Bronx Borough Courthouse Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    720 feet

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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 164th Street or Washington Avenue.

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