East Tremont Avenue & Puritan Avenue

East Tremont Avenue and Puritan Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Throgs Neck-Schuylerville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bufano Park is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Tremont Av/Waterbury Av, is 560 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and eight places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Hutchinson River Parkway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
East Tremont Av/Waterbury Av · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Tremont Avenue & Puritan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Waterbury Av, 560 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Waterbury Av Bx40, Bx42
    560 feet
    Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway at Bruckner Boulevard & Graff Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1201 Mayflower Avenue Gas station
    650 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
13
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Throgs Neck-Schuylerville
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 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 1920 and 1940.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East Tremont Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-9:30AM

South side of East Tremont Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East Tremont Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Whittemore Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Tender Years Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bufano Park
    1,230 feet
  2. Bufano Park Playground
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and two 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Tremont Avenue, Puritan Avenue or Whittemore Avenue.

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