Cross Bronx Expressway & 3rd Avenue

Cross Bronx Expressway and 3rd Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Claremont Village-Claremont (East), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 50 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 74 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Walter Gladwin Park is 210 feet away, and Crotona Playground (1) is 1,020 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/Cross Bronx Expwy, is 250 feet away for the Bx15. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
41 hurt
50 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
130 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
3 Av/Cross Bronx Expwy · Bx15
Within a walk
27 places
10 religious buildings, 5 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cross Bronx Expressway & 3rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Cross Bronx Expwy, 250 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Cross Bronx Expwy Bx15
    250 feet
    Bx15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 174 St 35 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound, 130 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4056 3rd Avenue Gas station
    230 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 50 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 41 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2026
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2026

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 74 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,799th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 19 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Cross Bronx Expressway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Cross Bronx Expressway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Eagle Academy for Young Men School
    670 feet
  2. Garden of Learning and Discovery Pre-K Center at 1880 Bathgate Avenue Pre-K center
    990 feet
  3. Icahn Charter School 6 School
    1,100 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S./M.S. 004 Crotona Park West School
    1,100 feet
  2. Volunteers of America - Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  3. Vol of Amer - Bronx Early Learni Ctr School
    1,260 feet
  4. P.S. 058 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Walter Gladwin Park
    210 feet
  2. Crotona Park
    330 feet
  3. Bathgate Community Garden
    550 feet
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  1. Stop & Go Playground
    620 feet
  2. 175th Street Playground
    950 feet
  3. Crotona Playground (1) Playground
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Tremont Library
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Garden of Prayer Cathedral Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Murphy Community Center
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 46/Ladder 27 Fire station
    770 feet
  2. 48th Precinct Police station
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Cross Bronx Expressway.

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