Washington Avenue & East 170th Street

Washington Avenue and East 170th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Claremont Village-Claremont (East), Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Morris I development. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 055 Benjamin Franklin is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/St Pauls Pl, is 620 feet away for the Bx15, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
3 Av/St Pauls Pl · Bx15
Within a walk
27 places
10 religious buildings, 10 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & East 170th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/St Pauls Pl, 620 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/St Pauls Pl Bx15
    620 feet
    Bx15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 170 St 21 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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 1961 and 1964.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Morris I development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 170th Street

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

South side of East 170th Street

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 10 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 055 Benjamin Franklin School
    310 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 2 School
    310 feet
  3. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
Show all 11
  1. Frederick Douglass Academy III Secondary School
    790 feet
  2. I.S. 219 New Venture School
    790 feet
  3. Kappa School
    790 feet
  4. Harriet Tubman Charter School
    1,220 feet
  5. Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics School
    1,250 feet
  6. Eximius College Preparatory Academy: a College Board School
    1,250 feet
  7. Mott Hall III School
    1,290 feet
  8. P.S. 110 Theodore Schoenfeld School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gouverneur Playground
    200 feet
  2. Flower Garden - Morris II Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    650 feet
  3. Drew Playground
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jardin de la Familia Garden
    960 feet
  2. Crotona Park
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Episcopal Church House of worship
    420 feet
  2. Iglesia Ni Cristo Church of Christ House of worship
    1,080 feet
  3. Morrisania Baptist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Butler Community Center
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    440 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 23 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 170th 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.