3rd Avenue & East 179th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 179th 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. Providing Urban Learners Success in Education High School is 550 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/E 180 St, is 680 feet away for the Bx15, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along East 179th Street.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
3 Av/E 180 St · Bx15
Within a walk
27 places
10 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 179th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 180 St, 680 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 180 St Bx15 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    680 feet
    Bx15
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 179th Street.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 495 East 180th Street Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 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
76 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of East 179th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 179th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign 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 27 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Providing Urban Learners Success in Education High School
    550 feet
  2. J.H.S. 118 William W. Niles School
    730 feet
  3. East 180th Street-Monterey Avenue School
    990 feet
Show all 8
  1. Sharon Baptist Board of Directors Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  2. Sharon Baptist Head Start - Center 4 (Delegate Program) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  3. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 5 School
    1,010 feet
  4. Sunshine Dev-Sharon Bapt HS Bathgate School
    1,140 feet
  5. Bronx Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Batey de Dona Provi Garden
    650 feet
  2. Oasis on the Green Garden
    780 feet
  3. Murphy Triangle
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. Walter Gladwin Park
    1,010 feet
  2. Quarry Ballfields Park
    1,150 feet
  3. Bathgate Playground
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 48th Police Precinct Station Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tremont United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tremont Post Office
    1,140 feet
  2. East 180th Monterey Community Center Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 179th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.