3rd Avenue & St Pauls Place

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and St Pauls Place is in Claremont Village-Claremont (East), Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Morris II development. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Crotona Park is 550 feet away, and I.S. 219 New Venture School is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/St Pauls Pl, is 120 feet away for the Bx15. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
3 Av/St Pauls Pl · Bx15
Within a walk
30 places
11 religious buildings, 10 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & St Pauls Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/St Pauls Pl, 120 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/St Pauls Pl Bx15
    120 feet
    Bx15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton Ave & St Paul's Pl 19 docks in all
    460 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. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    0.5 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
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
16
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Claremont Village-Claremont (East)
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Morris II development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-5PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of St Pauls Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of St Pauls Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 222009.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 10 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    240 feet
  2. Mott Hall III School
    800 feet
  3. P.S. 110 Theodore Schoenfeld School
    800 feet
Show all 11
  1. Frederick Douglass Academy III Secondary School
    900 feet
  2. I.S. 219 New Venture School
    900 feet
  3. Kappa School
    900 feet
  4. P.S. 055 Benjamin Franklin School
    1,010 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 2 School
    1,010 feet
  6. P.S. 042 Claremont School
    1,250 feet
  7. Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics School
    1,290 feet
  8. Eximius College Preparatory Academy: a College Board School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gouverneur Playground
    80 feet
  2. Flower Garden - Morris II Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    80 feet
  3. Crotona Park
    550 feet
Show all 8
  1. Damiana Pizarro Community Garden
    670 feet
  2. Playground Of The Stars Playground
    750 feet
  3. Jardin de la Familia Garden
    880 feet
  4. Drew Playground
    1,030 feet
  5. Little Claremont Playground
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Episcopal Church House of worship
    240 feet
  2. Iglesia Ni Cristo Church of Christ House of worship
    1,190 feet
  3. Morrisania Baptist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    390 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    460 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 16 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or St Pauls Place.

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.