East 174th Street & Croes Avenue

East 174th Street and Croes Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St. Lawrence Triangle is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, St Lawrence Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Map

Layers
East 174th Street & Croes Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is St Lawrence Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Morrison Av-Soundview 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Community (Acer rubrum, Rosa palustris, Smilax rotundifolia, Carya cordiformis),” (2011) by Alison Mortisugu at the St Lawrence Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 174 St/Croes Av, 120 feet away, for the Bx11.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 174 St/Croes Av Bx11 · Shelter
    120 feet
    Bx11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East 174th Street.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 710 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1419 Rosedale Avenue Gas station
    910 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Croes Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Croes Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of East 174th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 174th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Metcalf Playground
    480 feet
  2. St. Lawrence Triangle
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Abiding Presence House of worship
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.