East 181st Street & Mapes Avenue

East 181st Street and Mapes Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Mapes Avenue Garden is 40 feet away, and M.S. 129 Academy for Independent Learning and Leadership is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 180 St/Southern Blvd, is 590 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, six of them gardens, and four places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
E 180 St/Southern Blvd · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
22 places
6 gardens, 6 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 181st Street & Mapes Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 180 St/Southern Blvd, 590 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 180 St/Southern Blvd Bx40, Bx42
    590 feet
    Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 180 St & Prospect Ave 22 docks in all
    700 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. 495 East 180th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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)
Tremont
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 89 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 181st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 181st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Mapes Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Mapes Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 6 gardens
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kappa III School
    840 feet
  2. M.S. 129 Academy for Independent Learning and Leadership School
    840 feet
  3. The School of Science and Applied Learning School
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mapes Park
    40 feet
  2. Mapes Avenue Garden
    40 feet
  3. Mapes Park Playground
    80 feet
Show all 11
  1. Mapes Pool Park · swimming pool
    390 feet
  2. Garden of Happiness Garden
    480 feet
  3. Hornaday Community Garden
    810 feet
  4. Garden Of Youth Garden
    980 feet
  5. Bronx Park
    1,050 feet
  6. Bronx Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    1,190 feet
  7. Clinton Avenue Community Garden
    1,240 feet
  8. Perry's Garden (Concerned Tenants of Daly Avenue) Garden
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2070 Clinton Avenue Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change 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 181st Street or Mapes 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.