East Tremont Avenue & Bronx River Avenue

East Tremont Avenue and Bronx River Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Lukes Evangelical Church is 820 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 eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
East Tremont Avenue & Bronx River Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 180 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. E 180 St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    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, 110 feet away, for the Bx36, Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Commonwealth Av Bx36, Bx40, Bx42
    110 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
    700 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
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)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the tree of heaven.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Commonwealth Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Commonwealth Avenue

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

South side of East Tremont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Icahn Charter School 6 - Middle School
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Young Park
    460 feet
  2. Noble Playground
    960 feet
  3. Taylor Playground
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes Evangelical Church House of worship
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet 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 Bronx River Avenue, Commonwealth Avenue or East Tremont Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.