3rd Avenue & Bathgate Avenue

The five-way junction of 3rd Avenue and Bathgate Avenue is in Belmont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Washington Park Playground is 880 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/Washington Av, is 520 feet away for the Bx15, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
3 Av/Washington Av · Bx15
Within a walk
21 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Bathgate Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Washington Av, 520 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Washington Av Bx15
    520 feet
    Bx15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 184 St & 3 Ave 19 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 4643 3rd Avenue Gas station
    550 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15
Police precinct
48
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Belmont
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 233 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Bathgate Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bathgate Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of East 185th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 185th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 hospital
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Child Development Center of the Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    690 feet
  2. P.S. 159 Luis Munoz Marin Biling School
    900 feet
  3. Guardian Career Academy Trade or language school
    910 feet
Show all 7
  1. Adapt Community Network/ Harry H. Gordon School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  2. Our Lady of Mt Carmel School
    1,110 feet
  3. Ucp of NYC - Harry H Gordon School
    1,110 feet
  4. P.S. 059 the Community School of Technology School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Park Playground
    880 feet
  2. Washington Park
    910 feet
  3. Flood Triangle
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. D'Auria-Murphy Triangle
    1,020 feet

Health care

  1. SBH Health System Hospital
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fordham Post Office
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 33 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 of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, Bathgate Avenue or East 185th Street.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.