East Tremont Avenue & Van Nest Avenue

East Tremont Avenue and Van Nest Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2026, 945 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. St Lukes Evangelical Church is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, E 180 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 180 St
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
East Tremont Av/Morris PK Av · Bx36
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Tremont Avenue & Van Nest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 180 St, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. E 180 St 2, 5
    1,010 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    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/Morris PK Av, 660 feet away, for the Bx36.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Morris PK Av Bx36
    660 feet
    Bx36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 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 at Cross Bronx Service Road N, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1243 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 1 person killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2021

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 945 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East Tremont Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East Tremont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Van Nest Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Van Nest Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Phipps Neighborhoods Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Young Park
    70 feet
  2. Noble Playground
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad Administration Building Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes Evangelical Church House of worship
    580 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Tremont Avenue or Van Nest Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.