East Tremont Avenue & Bronxdale Avenue

East Tremont Avenue and Bronxdale Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Parkchester, Bronx. The corner is also named Tony Rota Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. St Raymond Elementary School is 200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Tremont Av/Castle Hill Av, is 240 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Hutchinson River Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
East Tremont Av/Castle Hill Av · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Tremont Avenue & Bronxdale Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Castle Hill Av, 240 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Castle Hill Av Bx40, Bx42
    240 feet
    Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Bronxdale Avenue.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1514 Bronxdale Avenue Gas station
    250 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 four crashes at this corner, the median for a Bronx corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13 and 18 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
43 and 49 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Parkchester
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Tony Rota Square, a co-naming enacted on December 18, 1985 (Local Law 83 of 1985).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Tony Rota Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 65 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2022 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on East Tremont Avenue (south side).

East side of Bronxdale Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Bronxdale Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East Tremont Avenue

  • Metered parking 11 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 207037 and 223523.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. St Raymond Elementary School
    200 feet
  2. Easter Seals NY - Child Development School
    640 feet
  3. St Raymond Academy for Girls School
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Castle Hill Playground
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Raymonds RC Church House of worship
    260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and eight 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bronxdale Avenue or East Tremont Avenue.

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