Jerome Avenue & Mount Hope Place

Jerome Avenue and Mount Hope Place meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 236 Langston Hughes is 480 feet away, and Church of God Pentecostal is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, 176 St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
176 St
370 feet · 1 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Jerome Av/W 177 St · Bx32
Within a walk
22 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jerome Avenue & Mount Hope Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 176 St, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 176 St 4
    370 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. 174-175 Sts B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Burnside Av 4
    0.3 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Reaching Out For Each Other” (2006) by Juan Sánchez at the 176 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jerome Av/W 177 St, 280 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jerome Av/W 177 St Bx32
    280 feet
    Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & W 177 St 29 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1736 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    890 feet
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 481 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Jerome Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Mount Hope Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 236 Langston Hughes School
    480 feet
  2. I.S. 117 Joseph H. Wade School
    810 feet
  3. Young Women's Leadership School of the Bronx School
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. B ' Above Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. Northeast Bronx Day Care Cntr Grow School
    930 feet
  4. Marc Academy and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mount Hope Playground
    520 feet
  2. Dr. Thomasina Bushby Park
    770 feet
  3. Davidson Park
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Green Patch on Walton Garden
    830 feet
  2. Townsend Garden
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. PTL Temple of the Living God House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Church of God Pentecostal House of worship
    950 feet
  3. St Margaret Mary RC Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jerome Avenue or Mount Hope Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, 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.