Crotona Avenue & Garden Street

Crotona Avenue and Garden Street meet at a four-way crossing in Belmont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Whalen Grove is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Crotona Av/E 182 St, is 310 feet away for the Bx17, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them schools, and 14 places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Crotona Av/E 182 St · Bx17
Within a walk
20 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crotona Avenue & Garden Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crotona Av/E 182 St, 310 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crotona Av/E 182 St 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.

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Crotona Ave & E 183 St 25 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 730 East Fordham Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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)
Belmont
Elevation
87 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 97 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crotona Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Crotona Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Garden Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Garden Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Prairie Style, and built between 1907 and 1908.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brainiac Babies Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    200 feet
  2. The Bronx STEM and Arts Academy School
    320 feet
  3. Cardinal McCloskey Community Charter School
    580 feet
Show all 9
  1. Cardinal McCloskey School and Home for Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  2. P.S. X188 School
    750 feet
  3. P.S. 032 Belmont School
    780 feet
  4. Little Stars Childcare Program IV Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet
  5. Frederick Douglass Academy V. Middle School
    1,300 feet
  6. P.S. 057 Crescent School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Whalen Grove Park
    40 feet
  2. Belmont Playground
    460 feet
  3. Garden Of Youth Garden
    720 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bronx Park
    1,080 feet
  2. Garden of Happiness Garden
    1,080 feet
  3. Quarry Ballfields Park
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 88/Ladder 38 Fire station · landmark
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crotona Avenue or Garden 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.