East Tremont Avenue & Lafayette Avenue

East Tremont Avenue and Lafayette Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Throgs Neck-Schuylerville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Throggs Neck Post Office is 700 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Tremont Av/Barkley Av, is 530 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Throgs Neck Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
East Tremont Av/Barkley Av · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Tremont Avenue & Lafayette Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Barkley Av, 530 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Barkley Av Bx40, Bx42
    530 feet
    Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Throgs Neck Expressway northbound at Lafayette Avenue & Ellsworth Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2884 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10465
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
13
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Throgs Neck-Schuylerville
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1946.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2024 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East Tremont Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of East Tremont Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of East Tremont Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 217165, 217166, 217167, 217168, 219740 and 219741.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 police station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Young Achievers Early Start Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  2. Home Instruction School
    1,040 feet
  3. Hospital Schools School
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Throgs Neck Jewish Center House of worship
    240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Throggs Neck Post Office
    700 feet

Fire and police

  1. 45th Precinct Police station
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    450 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,070 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    150 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and seven 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Tremont Avenue or Lafayette Avenue.

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