Crotona Avenue & Claremont Parkway

Crotona Avenue and Claremont Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 47 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2026, 1,584 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Martin Van Buren Playground is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Crotona Av/Claremont Pkwy, is 30 feet away for the Bx17, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Crotona Avenue.

Safety record
44 hurt
47 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Crotona Av/Claremont Pkwy · Bx17
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crotona Avenue & Claremont Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crotona Av/Claremont Pkwy, 30 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crotona Av/Claremont Pkwy Bx17 · Shelter
    30 feet
    Bx17
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Crotona Avenue.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wilkins Ave & Crotona Park E 19 docks in all
    980 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 47 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,584 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Eastbound on Claremont Parkway1,191
Westbound on Claremont Parkway393
Total1,584

Every corner with red-light 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)
Crotona Park
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 70 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 60 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 168 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Claremont Parkway

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Crotona Avenue

  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Crotona Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 19 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    80 feet
  2. Martin Van Buren Playground
    900 feet
  3. Carter Playground (7) Playground
    920 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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 nearest corners on foot, with walking distances:

See every intersection along Claremont Parkway or Crotona Avenue.

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