East Tremont Avenue & Morris Avenue

East Tremont Avenue and Morris Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Hope, Bronx. The corner lies on the edge of the Morris Avenue Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. PTL Temple of the Living God is 420 feet away, and I.S. 117 Joseph H. Wade is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Tremont Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Tremont Av
630 feet · 2 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
East Tremont Av/Jerome Av · Bx36
Within a walk
27 places
12 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Tremont Avenue & Morris Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Tremont Av, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tremont Av B, D
    630 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Burnside Av 4
    1,240 feet
    4
  2. 176 St 4
    0.4 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Uptown New York” (2000) by Frank Leslie Hampton at the Tremont Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Jerome Av, 440 feet away, for the Bx36.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Jerome Av Bx36
    440 feet
    Bx36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East Tremont Avenue.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E Tremont Ave & Jerome Ave 20 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Walton Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1736 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Hope
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 299 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East Tremont Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East Tremont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Morris Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Morris Avenue Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 35 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Free Classical, and mostly built between 1906 and 1907.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Charter Ms-Law and Social Justice School
    530 feet
  2. I.S. 117 Joseph H. Wade School
    1,000 feet
  3. Young Women's Leadership School of the Bronx School
    1,000 feet
Show all 7
  1. Igbans Institute of Vocational Train Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  2. P.S. 306 School
    1,200 feet
  3. The Bronx School of Young Leaders School
    1,200 feet
  4. P.S. 236 Langston Hughes School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Echo Triangle
    490 feet
  2. Mount Hope Playground
    610 feet
  3. Mount Hope Garden
    930 feet
Show all 6
  1. Leave It Better Community Garden
    940 feet
  2. Mount Hope Garden Playground
    950 feet
  3. Devanney Triangle
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Margaret Mary RC Church House of worship
    150 feet
  2. Church of God Pentecostal House of worship
    270 feet
  3. PTL Temple of the Living God House of worship
    420 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morris Heights Post Office
    930 feet
  2. Older adult center at 236 East Tremont Avenue Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Tremont Avenue or Morris Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.