Crotona Avenue & Fairmount Place

Crotona Avenue and Fairmount Place meet at a three-way junction in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Prospect Playground is 380 feet away, and Crotona Park is 1,040 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Crotona Av/Tremont Av, is 430 feet away for the Bx17, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, nine of them schools, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Crotona Av/Tremont Av · Bx17
Within a walk
26 places
9 schools, 7 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crotona Avenue & Fairmount Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crotona Av/Tremont Av, 430 feet away, for the Bx17.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 176 St & Clinton Ave 20 docks in all
    610 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
    0.9 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 234 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crotona Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-2PM

North side of Fairmount Place

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

South side of Fairmount Place

  • No parking 2 signs 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 26 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Children's Aid College Preparatory Charter School
    680 feet
  2. I.S. X318 Math, Science & Technology Through Arts School
    680 feet
  3. P.S. 211 School
    680 feet
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  1. Kipp Freedom Charter School
    920 feet
  2. Kipp Freedom Charter School Middle School
    920 feet
  3. P.S. 044 David C. Farragut School
    920 feet
  4. Zeta Charter School - Bronx Tremont Park School
    1,070 feet
  5. Zeta Charter School – Tremont Park School
    1,070 feet
  6. P.S. 595 School
    1,160 feet
  7. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Playground
    380 feet
  2. Admiral Farragut Playground
    460 feet
  3. Walter Gladwin Park
    810 feet
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  1. 175th Street Playground
    840 feet
  2. Crotona Park
    1,040 feet
  3. Crotona Playground (1) Playground
    1,060 feet
  4. Fairmount Playground
    1,070 feet
  5. Tremont Playground
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Murphy Community Center
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    580 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 18 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 Crotona Avenue or Fairmount Place.

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.