East 178th Street & Crotona Parkway

East 178th Street and Crotona Parkway meet at a six-way junction in West Farms, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The obelisk “Happy Land Memorial” is 250 feet away, and Clinton Avenue Community Garden is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Southern Blvd/East Tremont Av · Bx19
Within a walk
18 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 178th Street & Crotona Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av 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
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Animal Tracks” (2004) by Naomi Campbell at the West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/East Tremont Av, 290 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/East Tremont Av Bx19
    290 feet
    Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 179 St & Southern Blvd 25 docks in all
    410 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. 1198 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are 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 283 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crotona Parkway

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

West side of Crotona Parkway

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 178th Street

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

South side of East 178th Street

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

East side of Mohegan Avenue

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

West side of Mohegan Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Crotona Parkway Malls.

  1. Happy Land Memorial Obelisk by José Antonio Velasquez, 1995
    250 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 067 Mohegan School
    320 feet
  2. Learning Center for Health Care Atte Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  3. Kappa III School
    1,240 feet
Show all 5
  1. M.S. 129 Academy for Independent Learning and Leadership School
    1,240 feet
  2. The School of Science and Applied Learning School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mohegan Triangle Playground
    330 feet
  2. Hispanos Unidos Garden
    580 feet
  3. Miracle Garden - Bronx Garden
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Vidalia Park
    1,130 feet
  2. Clinton Avenue Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West Farms Library
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Farms Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    680 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 18/Engine 45/Ladder 58 Fire station
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 28 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crotona Parkway, East 178th Street or Mohegan Avenue.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.