3rd Avenue & East 178th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 178th Street is in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Oasis on the Green is 300 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/East Tremont Av, is 340 feet away for the Bx15, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
14 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
3 Av/East Tremont Av · Bx15
Within a walk
31 places
13 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 178th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/East Tremont Av, 340 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/East Tremont Av Bx15
    340 feet
    Bx15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 178 St & Monterey Ave 21 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 495 East 180th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15
Police precinct
48
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tremont
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 204 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 178th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 178th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 212807 and 215076.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sharon Baptist Board of Directors Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  2. Sharon Baptist Head Start - Center 4 (Delegate Program) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  3. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 5 School
    530 feet
Show all 11
  1. Sunshine Dev-Sharon Bapt HS Bathgate School
    660 feet
  2. Bronx Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  3. Garden of Learning and Discovery Pre-K Center at 1880 Bathgate Avenue Pre-K center
    850 feet
  4. Volunteers of America - Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  5. Vol of Amer - Bronx Early Learni Ctr School
    910 feet
  6. Providing Urban Learners Success in Education High School
    980 feet
  7. J.H.S. 118 William W. Niles School
    1,150 feet
  8. Eagle Academy for Young Men School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Batey de Dona Provi Garden
    160 feet
  2. Oasis on the Green Garden
    300 feet
  3. Walter Gladwin Park
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. Tremont Playground
    920 feet
  2. Bathgate Community Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 48th Police Precinct Station Listed historic place
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tremont United Methodist Church House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Morning Star Full Gospel Assembly Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  3. Garden of Prayer Cathedral Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tremont Post Office
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 14 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 178th 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.