East 178th Street & Bronx Park Avenue

East 178th Street and Bronx Park Avenue meet at a three-way junction in West Farms, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Wings Academy is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, E 180 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks, and seven places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1932, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 180 St
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
East Tremont Av/Morris Park Av · Bx21, Bx36
Within a walk
6 places
2 parks, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 178th Street & Bronx Park Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 180 St, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. E 180 St 2, 5
    1,120 feet
    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. West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Station Villa” (2011) by Luisa Caldwell at the E 180 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Morris Park Av, 610 feet away, for the Bx21 and Bx36.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Morris Park Av Bx21, Bx36
    610 feet
    Bx21 Bx36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …
  2. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & West Farms Rd 25 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1198 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    1,040 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15
Police precinct
48
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West Farms
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bronx Park Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 178th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 178th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Phipps Neighborhoods Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
  2. Wings Academy School
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West Farms Rapids Park
    890 feet
  2. Bronx Park
    1,040 feet
  3. Bronx River Community Garden
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Farms Post Office
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and seven 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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bronx Park Avenue or East 178th Street.

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