Marmion Avenue & Elsmere Place

Marmion Avenue and Elsmere Place meet at a four-way crossing in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The obelisk “Happy Land Memorial” is 550 feet away, and Grace Episcopal Church West Farms is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 174 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
174 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
East Tremont Av/Southern Blvd · Bx36
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Marmion Avenue & Elsmere Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 174 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 174 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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 “A Trip Up the Bronx River” (2004) by Daniel Del Valle at the 174 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Southern Blvd, 630 feet away, for the Bx36.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Southern Blvd Bx36
    630 feet
    Bx36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Crotona Pkwy & Elsmere Pl 25 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1614 Boston Road Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15
Police precinct
48
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tremont
Elevation
87 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 103 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Elsmere Place

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Elsmere Place

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

East side of Marmion Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Marmion Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Crotona Parkway Malls.

  1. Happy Land Memorial Obelisk by José Antonio Velasquez, 1995
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. Children's Aid College Preparatory Charter School
    880 feet
  3. I.S. X318 Math, Science & Technology Through Arts School
    880 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 211 School
    880 feet
  2. P.S. 067 Mohegan School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Miracle Garden - Bronx Garden
    40 feet
  2. Fairmount Playground
    660 feet
  3. Prospect Playground
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mohegan Triangle Playground
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Episcopal Church West Farms House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Farms Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Elsmere Place or Marmion Avenue.

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