Fulton Avenue & East 172nd Street

Fulton Avenue and East 172nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Claremont Village-Claremont (East), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Crotona Park is 40 feet away, and Playground Of The Stars is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/E 173 St, is 730 feet away for the Bx15, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them schools.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
3 Av/E 173 St · Bx15
Within a walk
17 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Avenue & East 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 173 St, 730 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 173 St Bx15
    730 feet
    Bx15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 172nd Street and Fulton Avenue.

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton Ave & E 172 St 19 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4056 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 5 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 February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
15
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Claremont Village-Claremont (East)
Elevation
86 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Fulton Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Moderne. They were built between 1934 and 1936.

  1. Crotona Play Center Designated landmark
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Preparatory Charter School
    650 feet
  2. Bright Future Kiddie 4 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    680 feet
  3. Icahn Charter School 6 School
    730 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S./M.S. 004 Crotona Park West School
    730 feet
  2. Tremont Monterey Day Care Site I I Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Mott Hall Bronx High School
    1,000 feet
  4. Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The School
    1,000 feet
  5. Validus Preparatory Academy School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    40 feet
  2. Bathgate Playground
    620 feet
  3. Playground Of The Stars Playground
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 18 Ambulance station
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Crotona Park Recreation Center Landmark
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 172nd Street or Fulton Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.