Belmont Avenue & East 187th Street

Belmont Avenue and East 187th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Belmont, Bronx. The corner is also named Monsignor John A. Ruvo Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Crotona Av/E 187 St, is 900 feet away for the Bx17, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 80 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
Crotona Av/E 187 St · Bx17
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & East 187th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crotona Av/E 187 St, 900 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crotona Av/E 187 St Bx17 · Shelter
    900 feet
    Bx17
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Belmont Avenue and East 187th Street.

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Crescent Ave & Belmont Ave 24 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 609 East Fordham Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15
Police precinct
48
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Belmont
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Monsignor John A. Ruvo Way (Local Law 44 of 2023, enacted on March 19, 2023) and Natale “Nat” Cerini Corner (Local Law 131 of 2013, enacted on December 17, 2013).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1912 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 79 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Belmont Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of Belmont Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of East 187th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of East 187th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 210440, 212092, 215717 and 216185.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Belmont Community Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. Little Stars Childcare Program IV Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ciccarone Park
    410 feet
  2. Ciccarone Park Playground
    410 feet
  3. Belmont Little Farmers Garden
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. D'Auria-Murphy Triangle
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural Center Library
    660 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church House of worship
    100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 80 places to eat and 49 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Belmont Avenue or East 187th 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.