Cross Bronx Expressway & Crotona Avenue

Cross Bronx Expressway and Crotona Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Admiral Farragut Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Crotona Av/E 175 St, is 100 feet away for the Bx17, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, eight of them schools, and six places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Crotona Av/E 175 St · Bx17
Within a walk
22 places
8 schools, 5 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cross Bronx Expressway & Crotona Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crotona Av/E 175 St, 100 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crotona Av/E 175 St Bx17
    100 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Crotona Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 176 St & Clinton Ave 20 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4056 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15
Police precinct
48
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tremont
Elevation
108 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 295 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cross Bronx Expressway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Cross Bronx Expressway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Crotona Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 schools
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kipp Freedom Charter School
    930 feet
  2. Kipp Freedom Charter School Middle School
    930 feet
  3. P.S. 044 David C. Farragut School
    930 feet
Show all 9
  1. Zeta Charter School - Bronx Tremont Park School
    1,080 feet
  2. Zeta Charter School – Tremont Park School
    1,080 feet
  3. Children's Aid College Preparatory Charter School
    1,140 feet
  4. I.S. X318 Math, Science & Technology Through Arts School
    1,140 feet
  5. P.S. 211 School
    1,140 feet
  6. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Admiral Farragut Playground
    50 feet
  2. Crotona Park
    580 feet
  3. Crotona Playground (1) Playground
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. Prospect Playground
    630 feet
  2. Walter Gladwin Park
    810 feet
  3. 175th Street Playground
    850 feet
  4. Fairmount Playground
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Murphy Community Center
    630 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1784 Prospect Avenue Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,040 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 11 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cross Bronx Expressway or Crotona Avenue.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.