Webster Avenue & East 169th Street
Webster Avenue and East 169th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Webster development. The corner is also named Danny “Wepa Man” Vargas Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. William Hodson Community Center is 260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Webster Av/E 169 St, is 110 feet away for the Bx41. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Webster Av/E 169 St, 110 feet away, for the Bx41.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Webster Av/E 169 St Bx41110 feetBx41
Next buses at this stop
- Bx41 …
Webster Avenue carries a bus lane, all day, every day.
Cycling
- 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
- 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- E 169 St & Webster Ave 21 docks in all60 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Clay Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 1201 Webster Avenue Gas station930 feet
- 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 25 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 8 of those hurt, on foot
- 2 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2019
- Leading pedestrian interval, October 2021
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10456
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 16
- Police precinct
- 42 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
- Elevation
- 24 feet above sea level
This corner carries two co-namings: Danny “Wepa Man” Vargas Way (Local Law 110 of 2023, enacted on July 23, 2023) and Eleanor Dowe Blvd (Local Law 54 of 2022, enacted on January 15, 2022).
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 3,400 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 1929 and 1964.
The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Webster development.
Since 2014 at least 84 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Emerald Avenue' European hornbeam and the Japanese zelkova.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 24 signs on these blocks
- 9 different rules
- 3 active meters
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Webster Avenue (west side).
North side of East 169th Street
- Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of East 169th Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Webster Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 221102.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 religious buildings
- 2 community centers
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 gardens
- 2 schools
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- Wildflower New York Charter School Pre-K420 feet
- Claremont Neighborhood Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K500 feet
- Harriet Tubman Charter School1,150 feet
Show all 4
- P.S. 132 Garret A. Morgan School1,150 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Clay Avenue Community Garden430 feet
- Claremont Neighborhood Garden440 feet
- Morgan Playground730 feet
Community centers and public services
- William Hodson Community Center Older adult center260 feet
- Community center at Webster Community center650 feet
- Butler Community Center850 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.4 miles
- Food Bazaar Supermarket0.4 miles
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store550 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 25 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- East 169th Street & Clay Avenue 310 feet
- Park Avenue & East 169th Street 490 feet
- East 169th Street & Teller Avenue 540 feet
- Webster Avenue & East 168th Street 660 feet
- East 169th Street & Findlay Avenue 800 feet
- Washington Avenue & East 169th Street 830 feet
- Brook Avenue & East 168th Street 870 feet
- Webster Avenue & East 170th Street 910 feet
See every intersection along East 169th Street or Webster Avenue.