Creston Avenue & East 184th Street

Creston Avenue and East 184th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Fordham Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Loew's Paradise Theater stands 440 feet away, and Davidson Avenue Community Garden is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Fordham Rd, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fordham Rd
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Grand Concourse/Field Pl · Bx1, Bx2
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Creston Avenue & East 184th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fordham Rd, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fordham Rd B, D
    1,060 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 182-183 Sts B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Fordham Rd 4
    0.3 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/Field Pl, 510 feet away, for the Bx1 and Bx2.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/Field Pl Bx1, Bx2 · Shelter
    510 feet
    Bx1 Bx2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Concourse & E 184 St 23 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2340 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    1,140 feet
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fordham Heights
Elevation
131 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 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 1917 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 117 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Creston Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Creston Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of East 184th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 184th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 214280 and 214326.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italian Baroque Revival, and built between 1928 and 1929.

  1. Loew's Paradise Theater Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy for Personal Leadership and Excellence School
    280 feet
  2. Robt Fiance Hair Design Inst Trade or language school
    870 feet
  3. P.S. 033 Timothy Dwight School
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. 1199 S E I U / Employer Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Slattery Playground
    1,070 feet
  2. Muller Triangle
    1,170 feet
  3. Creston Jungle Playground Garden
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Davidson Avenue Community Garden
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. V. Santini, Inc. Warehouse Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Love Gospel Assembly Church House of worship
    560 feet
  2. Creston Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    830 feet
  3. Fordham Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    840 feet
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 35 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Creston Avenue or East 184th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.