West 161st Street & Pedestrian Path

West 161st Street and Pedestrian Path meet at a three-way junction in Highbridge, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Macombs Dam Park is under 10 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them gardens. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Ogden Av/W 162 St · Bx13
Within a walk
8 places
4 gardens, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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West 161st Street & Pedestrian Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    0.4 miles
    4 B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Room of Tranquility” (2002) by Helene Brandt and “Wall-Slide” (2002) by Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the 161 St-Yankee Stadium station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ogden Av/W 162 St, 730 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ogden Av/W 162 St Bx13
    730 feet
    Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & Ogden Ave 21 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1165 Ogden Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Highbridge

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 142 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1901 and 1902.

  1. American Female Guardian Society Designated landmark
    740 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Macombs Dam Park.

  1. Macombs Dam Park Fountain Fountain by Martin Schenck, 1908
    440 feet
  2. Highbridge World War I Memorial Statue, 1923
    780 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 gardens
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Macombs Dam Park
    under 10 feet
  2. Summit Playground
    40 feet
  3. Sweetgum Community Garden
    980 feet
Show all 6
  1. La Isla Youth Community Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. Woodycrest Community Garden
    1,030 feet
  3. Taqwa Community Farm Garden
    1,140 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Pedestrian Path, West 161st Street or West 161st Street Pedestrian Overpass.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.