Washington Avenue & East 171st Street

Washington Avenue and East 171st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Claremont Village-Claremont (East), Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Morris II development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Jardin de la Familia is 50 feet away, and Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The is 880 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Claremont Pkwy/Washington Av, is 550 feet away for the Bx11. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Claremont Pkwy/Washington Av · Bx11
Within a walk
24 places
9 religious buildings, 7 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & East 171st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Claremont Pkwy/Washington Av, 550 feet away, for the Bx11.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Claremont Pkwy/Washington Av Bx11 · Shelter
    550 feet
    Bx11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 171 St & 3 Ave 24 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4056 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
16
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Claremont Village-Claremont (East)
Elevation
48 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 1960 and 1965.

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

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry plum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 171st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 171st Street

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 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 24 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 042 Claremont School
    430 feet
  2. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  3. Mott Hall Bronx High School
    880 feet
Show all 9
  1. Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The School
    880 feet
  2. Validus Preparatory Academy School
    880 feet
  3. P.S. 055 Benjamin Franklin School
    920 feet
  4. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 2 School
    920 feet
  5. Tremont Monterey Day Care Site I I Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  6. Icahn Charter School 1 School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jardin de la Familia Garden
    50 feet
  2. Little Claremont Playground
    410 feet
  3. Flower Garden - Morris II Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    560 feet
Show all 6
  1. Gouverneur Playground
    570 feet
  2. Crotona Park
    930 feet
  3. Playground Of The Stars Playground
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Episcopal Church House of worship
    540 feet
  2. Our Lady of Victory RC Church House of worship
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 14 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 171st 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.