3rd Avenue & East 181st Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 181st Street is in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Murphy Triangle is 50 feet away, and SBH Health System is 1,170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/E 180 St, is 210 feet away for the Bx15, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
3 Av/E 180 St · Bx15
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 181st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 180 St, 210 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 180 St Bx15
    210 feet
    Bx15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 181 St & Bathgate Ave 21 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 5 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 July 2025.

What the city has done here

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

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
91 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 211 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green Vase' zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Ambulettes and Access-A-Ride only 1 sign AMBULETTE & ACCESS-A-RIDE ONLY 6AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO MTA
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 6AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 181st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 181st Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East 180th Street-Monterey Avenue School
    390 feet
  2. The Salvation Army Tremont Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  3. P.S. 3 Raul Julia Micro Society School
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 059 the Community School of Technology School
    890 feet
  2. P.S. 023 the New Children's School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Murphy Triangle
    50 feet
  2. Quarry Ballfields Park
    310 feet
  3. Bathgate Playground
    350 feet
Show all 6
  1. Cook Community Farm Garden
    510 feet
  2. Hutton Triangle
    1,030 feet
  3. Farm in the Bronx Garden
    1,120 feet

Health care

  1. Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,020 feet
  2. SBH Health System Hospital
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East 180th Monterey Community Center Listed historic place
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 181st 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.