East 180th Street & Lafontaine Avenue

East 180th Street and Lafontaine Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 3 Raul Julia Micro Society is 250 feet away, and Tremont Post Office is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 180 St/Arthur Av, is 160 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
E 180 St/Arthur Av · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
19 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 180th Street & Lafontaine Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 180 St/Arthur Av, 160 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 180 St/Arthur Av Bx40, Bx42
    160 feet
    Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 180th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 180 St & Monterey Ave 21 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

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

  1. 495 East 180th Street Gas station
    990 feet
  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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 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
90 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 186 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 180th Street

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

South side of East 180th Street

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

East side of Lafontaine Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Lafontaine Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 3 Raul Julia Micro Society School
    250 feet
  2. East 180th Street-Monterey Avenue School
    520 feet
  3. J.H.S. 118 William W. Niles School
    600 feet
Show all 7
  1. Providing Urban Learners Success in Education High School
    690 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Academy V. Middle School
    1,150 feet
  3. P.S. 057 Crescent School
    1,150 feet
  4. The Salvation Army Tremont Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Quarry Ballfields Park
    400 feet
  2. Murphy Triangle
    790 feet
  3. Oasis on the Green Garden
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bathgate Playground
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East 180th Monterey Community Center Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Tremont Post Office
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 15 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 180th Street or Lafontaine Avenue.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.