Crotona Avenue & Oakland Place

Crotona Avenue and Oakland Place meet at a four-way crossing in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tremont is 460 feet away, and M.S. 129 Academy for Independent Learning and Leadership is 930 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Crotona Av/E 180 St, is 300 feet away for the Bx17, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Crotona Avenue & Oakland Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crotona Av/E 180 St, 300 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crotona Av/E 180 St Bx17
    300 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
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Crotona Ave & E 179 St 21 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, 0.6 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
80 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two 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 219 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the pin oak and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and July 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 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Crotona Avenue

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

North side of Oakland Place

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

South side of Oakland Place

  • No parking 5 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 24 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 595 School
    590 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Academy V. Middle School
    620 feet
  3. P.S. 057 Crescent School
    620 feet
Show all 6
  1. Kappa III School
    930 feet
  2. M.S. 129 Academy for Independent Learning and Leadership School
    930 feet
  3. The School of Science and Applied Learning School
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clinton Avenue Community Garden
    920 feet
  2. Mapes Pool Park · swimming pool
    930 feet
  3. Mapes Park
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. Belmont Playground
    1,230 feet
  2. Quarry Ballfields Park
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    970 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    770 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 22 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crotona Avenue or Oakland 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.