Crotona Avenue & East 179th Street

Crotona Avenue and East 179th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Clinton Avenue Community Garden is 700 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Crotona Av/E 180 St, is 560 feet away for the Bx17, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Crotona Av/E 180 St · Bx17
Within a walk
25 places
12 religious buildings, 8 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crotona Avenue & East 179th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crotona Av/E 180 St, 560 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crotona Av/E 180 St Bx17
    560 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Crotona Avenue and East 179th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Crotona Ave & E 179 St 21 docks in all
    50 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. 495 East 180th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2024

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
79 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crotona Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Crotona Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 179th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 179th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 swimming pool

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 595 School
    340 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Academy V. Middle School
    880 feet
  3. P.S. 057 Crescent School
    880 feet
Show all 8
  1. J.H.S. 118 William W. Niles School
    1,090 feet
  2. Kappa III School
    1,150 feet
  3. M.S. 129 Academy for Independent Learning and Leadership School
    1,150 feet
  4. The School of Science and Applied Learning School
    1,150 feet
  5. Providing Urban Learners Success in Education High School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clinton Avenue Community Garden
    700 feet
  2. Mapes Pool Park · swimming pool
    1,180 feet
  3. Walter Gladwin Park
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2070 Clinton Avenue Older adult center
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    720 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,030 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 25 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crotona Avenue or East 179th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.