East Tremont Avenue & St Lawrence Avenue

East Tremont Avenue and St Lawrence Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Taylor Playground is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, E 180 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1929, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 180 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
East Tremont Av/St Lawrence Av · Bx36, Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Tremont Avenue & St Lawrence Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 180 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. E 180 St 2, 5
    0.3 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/St Lawrence Av, 20 feet away, for the Bx36, Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/St Lawrence Av Bx36, Bx40, Bx42
    20 feet
    Bx36 Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …
  2. Bx40 …
  3. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1243 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    980 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

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 17 (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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1929.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the tree of heaven.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East Tremont Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of St Lawrence Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of St Lawrence Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Icahn Charter School 6 - Middle School
    840 feet
  2. Archer Elementary School
    1,270 feet
  3. Bronx Little School
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 536 School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Young Park
    740 feet
  2. Taylor Playground
    790 feet
  3. Noble Playground
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes Evangelical Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Tremont Avenue or St Lawrence 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.