3rd Avenue & Claremont Parkway

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and Claremont Parkway is in Claremont Village-Claremont (East), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 57 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Crotona Park is 440 feet away, and St Pauls Episcopal Church is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/Claremont Pkwy, is 40 feet away for the Bx15, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
44 hurt
57 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
3 Av/Claremont Pkwy · Bx15
Within a walk
25 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Claremont Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Claremont Pkwy, 40 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Claremont Pkwy Bx15
    40 feet
    Bx15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 57 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 44 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
15 and 16 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Claremont Village-Claremont (East)
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 3rd Avenue

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

North side of Claremont Parkway

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Claremont Parkway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Preparatory Charter School
    490 feet
  2. Tremont Monterey Day Care Site I I Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  3. P.S. 042 Claremont School
    640 feet
Show all 9
  1. Mott Hall Bronx High School
    690 feet
  2. Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The School
    690 feet
  3. Validus Preparatory Academy School
    690 feet
  4. Bright Future Kiddie 4 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  5. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  6. Icahn Charter School 1 School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    440 feet
  2. Little Claremont Playground
    740 feet
  3. Flower Garden - Morris II Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    880 feet
Show all 7
  1. Jardin de la Familia Garden
    900 feet
  2. Gouverneur Playground
    910 feet
  3. Playground Of The Stars Playground
    990 feet
  4. Damiana Pizarro Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 13 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Claremont Parkway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.