Crotona Avenue & East 181st Street

Crotona Avenue and East 181st 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. Belmont Playground is 560 feet away, and Mapes Avenue Garden is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Crotona Av/E 180 St, is 320 feet away for the Bx17, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Crotona Av/E 180 St · Bx17
Within a walk
28 places
10 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crotona Avenue & East 181st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crotona Av/E 180 St, 320 feet away, for the Bx17.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hughes Ave & Oak Tree Pl 21 docks in all
    970 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 495 East 180th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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
84 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 64 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crotona Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Crotona Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 181st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 181st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy V. Middle School
    340 feet
  2. P.S. 057 Crescent School
    340 feet
  3. The Bronx STEM and Arts Academy School
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. Cardinal McCloskey School and Home for Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  2. Brainiac Babies Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet
  3. Cardinal McCloskey Community Charter School
    1,240 feet
  4. P.S. 595 School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Belmont Playground
    560 feet
  2. Quarry Ballfields Park
    640 feet
  3. Mapes Park
    740 feet
Show all 9
  1. Whalen Grove Park
    1,000 feet
  2. Garden of Happiness Garden
    1,040 feet
  3. Mapes Pool Park · swimming pool
    1,100 feet
  4. Mapes Park Playground
    1,110 feet
  5. Mapes Avenue Garden
    1,110 feet
  6. Garden Of Youth Garden
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tremont House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 13 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crotona Avenue or East 181st 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.