East 179th Street & Bronx Street

East 179th Street and Bronx Street meet at a four-way crossing in West Farms, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. West Farms Rapids is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them schools, and seven places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1972 and 1974, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av
440 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Boston Rd/E 178 St · Bx9
Within a walk
15 places
4 schools, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 179th Street & Bronx Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av 2, 5
    440 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. E 180 St 2, 5
    0.3 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 Boston Rd/E 178 St, 520 feet away, for the Bx9.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/E 178 St Bx9
    520 feet
    Bx9

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East 179th Street.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & E 178 St 25 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2018.

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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 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 1972 and 1974.

Since 2014 at least 357 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kennedy Children's Center - Bronx School
    340 feet
  2. Emolior Academy School
    1,050 feet
  3. P.S. 214 School
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cultivating Hearts and Minds Pre-K Center at 1946 Boston Road Pre-K center
    1,120 feet
  2. Wings Academy School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West Farms Rapids Park
    50 feet
  2. Bronx River Community Garden
    470 feet
  3. Bronx Park
    600 feet
Show all 6
  1. River Park Playground
    840 feet
  2. West Farms Soldiers Cemetery
    1,070 feet
  3. Vidalia Park
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beck Memorial Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. New Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at 1010 East 178th Street Community center
    750 feet
  2. West Farms Post Office
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 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 seven places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 179th Street or West Farms Rapids Greenway.

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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.