East Tremont Avenue & Leland Avenue

East Tremont Avenue and Leland Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The stele “Van Nest Memorial” is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, E 180 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them schools, and seven places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 180 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
East Tremont Av/Thieriot Av · Bx36
Within a walk
8 places
4 schools, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Tremont Avenue & Leland Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 180 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. E 180 St 2, 5
    0.5 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/Thieriot Av, 190 feet away, for the Bx36.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Thieriot Av Bx36
    190 feet
    Bx36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1881 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    870 feet
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
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)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Amur maackia and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East Tremont Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

East side of Leland Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Leland Avenue

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

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Van Nest Memorial Park.

  1. Van Nest Memorial Stele, 1926
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. The Steam Bridge School
    1,240 feet
  2. Archer Elementary School
    1,280 feet
  3. Bronx Little School
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 536 School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Taylor Playground
    740 feet
  2. Van Nest Park
    1,000 feet
  3. Van Nest Park Playground
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 East Tremont Avenue or Leland Avenue.

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