Crotona Avenue & Grote Street

Crotona Avenue and Grote Street meet at a three-way junction in Belmont, Bronx. The corner is also named Lucas Yoaldy Silverio Mendoza Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Bronx STEM and Arts Academy is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Crotona Av/E 183 St, is 230 feet away for the Bx17. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Crotona Av/E 183 St · Bx17
Within a walk
19 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crotona Avenue & Grote Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crotona Av/E 183 St, 230 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crotona Av/E 183 St Bx17 · Shelter
    230 feet
    Bx17
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Crotona Ave & E 183 St 25 docks in all
    310 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
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

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)
Belmont
Elevation
86 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Lucas Yoaldy Silverio Mendoza Way, a co-naming enacted on January 19, 2020 (Local Law 26 of 2020).

The streets

  • Up to four 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 126 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Lucas Yoaldy Silverio Mendoza Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Crotona Avenue

  • No parking 3 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 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Grote Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Grote Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brainiac Babies Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    90 feet
  2. The Bronx STEM and Arts Academy School
    440 feet
  3. Cardinal McCloskey Community Charter School
    630 feet
Show all 8
  1. Cardinal McCloskey School and Home for Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
  2. P.S. 032 Belmont School
    740 feet
  3. P.S. X188 School
    870 feet
  4. Little Stars Childcare Program IV Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  5. Belmont Community Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Whalen Grove Park
    80 feet
  2. Belmont Playground
    570 feet
  3. Garden Of Youth Garden
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bronx Park
    1,110 feet
  2. Garden of Happiness Garden
    1,190 feet
  3. Bronx Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 88/Ladder 38 Fire station · landmark
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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