Bathgate Avenue & East 172nd Street

Bathgate Avenue and East 172nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Claremont Village-Claremont (East), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/E 173 St, is 660 feet away for the Bx15, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them religious buildings.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
3 Av/E 173 St · Bx15
Within a walk
22 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bathgate Avenue & East 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 173 St, 660 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 173 St Bx15
    660 feet
    Bx15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 172nd Street.

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 172 St 19 docks in all
    260 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. 4056 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bathgate Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bathgate Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1934 and 1936.

  1. Crotona Play Center Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Tremont Monterey Day Care Site I I Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    230 feet
  2. Mott Hall Bronx High School
    440 feet
  3. Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The School
    440 feet
Show all 9
  1. Validus Preparatory Academy School
    440 feet
  2. Bronx Preparatory Charter School
    570 feet
  3. Bright Future Kiddie 4 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
  4. P.S. 042 Claremont School
    1,000 feet
  5. Icahn Charter School 6 School
    1,070 feet
  6. P.S./M.S. 004 Crotona Park West School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    610 feet
  2. Little Claremont Playground
    1,100 feet
  3. Bathgate Playground
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 18 Ambulance station
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Crotona Park Recreation Center
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 3 Fire station
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bathgate Avenue or East 172nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.