East Tremont Avenue & Purdy Street

East Tremont Avenue and Purdy Street meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Raymonds RC Church is 460 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Tremont Av/Purdy St, is 40 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
East Tremont Av/Purdy St · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Tremont Avenue & Purdy Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Purdy St, 40 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Purdy St Bx40, Bx42
    40 feet
    Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Ellis Avenue at Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1514 Bronxdale Avenue Gas station
    560 feet
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1956.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Seven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Heritage oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and August 2026, 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 (north side).

South side of East Tremont Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Purdy Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of Purdy Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. St Raymond Elementary School
    360 feet
  2. Easter Seals NY - Child Development School
    910 feet
  3. St Raymond Academy for Girls School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Castle Hill Playground
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Raymonds RC Church House of worship
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Tremont Avenue or Purdy Street.

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.