East Tremont Avenue & Adams Street

East Tremont Avenue and Adams Street meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Young Park is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, E 180 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1929, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 180 St
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
East Tremont Av/Commonwealth Av · Bx36, Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Tremont Avenue & Adams Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 180 St, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. E 180 St 2, 5
    1,260 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Station Villa” (2011) by Luisa Caldwell at the E 180 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Commonwealth Av, 210 feet away, for the Bx36, Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Commonwealth Av Bx36, Bx40, Bx42
    210 feet
    Bx36 Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …
  2. Bx40 …
  3. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway at Cross Bronx Service Road N, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1243 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    600 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
43 and 49 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the tree of heaven.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Adams Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Adams Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of East Tremont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Icahn Charter School 6 - Middle School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Young Park
    360 feet
  2. Noble Playground
    1,030 feet
  3. Taylor Playground
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad Administration Building Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes Evangelical Church House of worship
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adams Street or East Tremont Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.