3rd Avenue & East 174th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 174th Street is in Claremont Village-Claremont (East), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Crotona Park is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/Cross Bronx Expwy, is 400 feet away for the Bx15, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
710 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
3 Av/Cross Bronx Expwy · Bx15
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 174th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Cross Bronx Expwy, 400 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Cross Bronx Expwy Bx15
    400 feet
    Bx15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 174 St 35 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound, 710 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4056 3rd Avenue Gas station
    520 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 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 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
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Claremont Village-Claremont (East)
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 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 1905 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

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

North side of East 174th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 174th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1934 and 1936.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Icahn Charter School 6 School
    520 feet
  2. P.S./M.S. 004 Crotona Park West School
    520 feet
  3. Bright Future Kiddie 4 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. Eagle Academy for Young Men School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    310 feet
  2. Walter Gladwin Park
    780 feet
  3. Bathgate Playground
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bathgate Community Garden
    1,120 feet
  2. Stop & Go Playground
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crotona Play Center Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Crotona Park Recreation Center Landmark
    820 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 46/Ladder 27 Fire station
    1,030 feet
  2. 48th Precinct Police station
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 174th Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.