East Tremont Avenue & Lyvere Street

East Tremont Avenue and Lyvere Street meet at a three-way junction in Westchester Square, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Raymond Elementary School is 730 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Tremont Av/Castle Hill Av, is 240 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
East Tremont Avenue & Lyvere Street 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.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2400 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    280 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
13 and 18 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
45 and 49 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westchester Square
Elevation
42 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 1936.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese tree lilac.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East Tremont Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Lyvere Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Lyvere Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Easter Seals NY - Child Development School
    100 feet
  2. St Raymond Elementary School
    730 feet
  3. St Raymond Academy for Girls School
    770 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Castle Hill Playground
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Raymonds RC Church House of worship
    560 feet
  2. Westchester United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Tremont Avenue or Lyvere Street.

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