Washington Avenue & East 168th Street

Washington Avenue and East 168th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Claremont Village-Claremont (East), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Rev Lena Irons Unity Park is 50 feet away, and Genesis Community Garden is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 168 St/3 Av, is 200 feet away for the Bx35, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
E 168 St/3 Av · Bx35
Within a walk
29 places
9 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & East 168th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 168 St/3 Av, 200 feet away, for the Bx35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 168 St/3 Av Bx35
    200 feet
    Bx35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 168th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & E 167 St 19 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1201 Webster Avenue Gas station
    1,110 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2024

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)
Claremont Village-Claremont (East)
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 364 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 168th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 168th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Washington Avenue

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

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 community centers
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 132 Garret A. Morgan School
    350 feet
  2. Harriet Tubman Charter School
    520 feet
  3. Escuela Comunitaria del Bronx/Bronx Community School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    650 feet
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  1. Habitot Es Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  2. 3467 Ready, Set, Learn L L C Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School III School
    950 feet
  4. Claremont Neighborhood Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  5. South Bronx Community Charter High School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rev Lena Irons Unity Park
    50 feet
  2. Morgan Playground
    280 feet
  3. Estella Diggs Park
    970 feet
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  1. Genesis Community Garden
    1,150 feet
  2. Hines Park
    1,280 feet
  3. Hines Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Bronxcare Special Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,180 feet
  2. Bronxcare Hospital Center Hospital
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Morrisania Baptist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at 1162 - 1176 Washington Avenue Community center
    580 feet
  2. Morrisania Post Office Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. Community center at Webster Community center
    820 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 21 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 168th Street or Washington 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.