East 179th Street & Clinton Avenue

East 179th Street and Clinton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. P.S. 595 is 170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 180 St/Crotona Av, is 830 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along East 179th Street.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
E 180 St/Crotona Av · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
25 places
10 religious buildings, 9 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 179th Street & Clinton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 180 St/Crotona Av, 830 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 180 St/Crotona Av Bx40, Bx42 · Shelter
    830 feet
    Bx40 Bx42
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 179th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Crotona Ave & E 179 St 21 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 495 East 180th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15
Police precinct
48
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tremont
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clinton Avenue

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

West side of Clinton Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 179th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 179th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 595 School
    170 feet
  2. Kappa III School
    800 feet
  3. M.S. 129 Academy for Independent Learning and Leadership School
    800 feet
Show all 9
  1. The School of Science and Applied Learning School
    800 feet
  2. Children's Aid College Preparatory Charter School
    1,140 feet
  3. I.S. X318 Math, Science & Technology Through Arts School
    1,140 feet
  4. P.S. 211 School
    1,140 feet
  5. Frederick Douglass Academy V. Middle School
    1,220 feet
  6. P.S. 057 Crescent School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clinton Avenue Community Garden
    350 feet
  2. Mapes Pool Park · swimming pool
    830 feet
  3. Mapes Park
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Prospect Playground
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tremont House of worship
    340 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2070 Clinton Avenue Older adult center
    490 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    820 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    690 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clinton Avenue or East 179th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.