Washington Avenue & East 165th Street

Washington Avenue and East 165th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Franklin Triangle is 710 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Brook Av/Park Av, is 790 feet away for the Bx41, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Brook Av/Park Av · Bx41
Within a walk
31 places
17 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & East 165th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Brook Av/Park Av, 790 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brook Av/Park Av Bx41
    790 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & Franklin Ave 19 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1029 Washington Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 2006 and 2020.

Since 2014 at least 475 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and February 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 165th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 165th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

East side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    170 feet
  2. Sharon Baptist Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    320 feet
  3. Sunshine Devel - Sharon Baptist HS School
    370 feet
Show all 6
  1. Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  2. South Bronx Community Charter High School
    850 feet
  3. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Franklin Triangle
    710 feet
  2. William Hooper Garden (Jacquline Denise Davis Garden) Garden
    880 feet
  3. Hines Park
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. O'Neill Triangle Park
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saxe Embroidery Company Building Listed historic place
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morrisania Post Office Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  2. Community center at 1162 - 1176 Washington Avenue Community center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 26/Engine 50/Ladder 19 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 165th Street or Washington Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.