East Tremont Avenue & Unionport Road

East Tremont Avenue and Unionport Road meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. The corner is also named Claudette Colvin Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 1,574 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The Steam Bridge School is 1,050 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Tremont Av/Unionport Rd, is 40 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them playgrounds, and four places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
East Tremont Av/Unionport Rd · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
5 places
2 playgrounds, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Tremont Avenue & Unionport Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

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

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Unionport Rd Bx40, Bx42
    40 feet
    Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1881 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    220 feet
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 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.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,574 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 528th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 660 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
67 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Claudette Colvin Way, a co-naming enacted on January 19, 2020 (Local Law 26 of 2020).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 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 1927 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Claudette Colvin Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East Tremont Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East Tremont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Unionport Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Unionport Road

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 212681.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Steam Bridge School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Nest Park
    810 feet
  2. Van Nest Park Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. Taylor Playground
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and eight 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Tremont Avenue or Unionport Road.

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