Crotona Avenue & East 178th Street

Crotona Avenue and East 178th Street meet at a three-way junction in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tremont is 80 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Crotona Av/Tremont Av, is 310 feet away for the Bx17, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Crotona Av/Tremont Av · Bx17
Within a walk
26 places
11 religious buildings, 8 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crotona Avenue & East 178th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crotona Av/Tremont Av, 310 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crotona Av/Tremont Av Bx17
    310 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Crotona Avenue.

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Crotona Ave & E 179 St 21 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 495 East 180th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
83 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 239 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crotona Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 178th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 178th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 211811.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 595 School
    340 feet
  2. Zeta Charter School - Bronx Tremont Park School
    1,080 feet
  3. Zeta Charter School – Tremont Park School
    1,080 feet
Show all 8
  1. Frederick Douglass Academy V. Middle School
    1,120 feet
  2. P.S. 057 Crescent School
    1,120 feet
  3. Children's Aid College Preparatory Charter School
    1,230 feet
  4. I.S. X318 Math, Science & Technology Through Arts School
    1,230 feet
  5. P.S. 211 School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clinton Avenue Community Garden
    940 feet
  2. Walter Gladwin Park
    1,010 feet
  3. Tremont Playground
    1,190 feet
Show all 5
  1. Prospect Playground
    1,190 feet
  2. Admiral Farragut Playground
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tremont House of worship
    80 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2070 Clinton Avenue Older adult center
    1,080 feet
  2. Tremont Post Office
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    390 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    480 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 25 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crotona Avenue or East 178th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.