Crotona Park East & Claremont Parkway

Crotona Park East and Claremont Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Crotona Park is 50 feet away, and Carter Playground (7) is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
12 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Claremont Pkwy/Crotona Park East · Bx11
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crotona Park East & Claremont Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. 174 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The El” (2007) by Daniel Hauben at the Freeman St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Claremont Pkwy/Crotona Park East, 20 feet away, for the Bx11.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Claremont Pkwy/Crotona Park East Bx11
    20 feet
    Bx11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Crotona Park East and Wilkins Avenue.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wilkins Ave & Crotona Park E 19 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1614 Boston Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
15
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 140 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Claremont Parkway

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Crotona Park East

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Crotona Park East

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 22 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Wilkins Avenue

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

South side of Wilkins Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature

Schools and child care

  1. E.S.M.T- I.S. 190 School
    830 feet
  2. P.S. 061 Francisco Oller School
    830 feet
  3. Tremont Crotona Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    50 feet
  2. Martin Van Buren Playground
    130 feet
  3. Carter Playground (7) Playground
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. Boxcar Playground (6) Playground
    710 feet
  2. Nature Center in Crotona Park Park feature
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Claremont Parkway, Crotona Park East or Wilkins Avenue.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.