Monroe Avenue & Mount Hope Place

Monroe Avenue and Mount Hope Place meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Hope, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Engine 42 firehouse is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Tremont Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Tremont Av
580 feet · 2 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
East Tremont Av/Grand Concourse East · Bx36
Within a walk
28 places
15 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Monroe Avenue & Mount Hope Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Tremont Av, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tremont Av B, D
    580 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 174-175 Sts B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. 176 St 4
    0.3 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Uptown New York” (2000) by Frank Leslie Hampton at the Tremont Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Grand Concourse East, 350 feet away, for the Bx36.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Grand Concourse East Bx36
    350 feet
    Bx36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Monroe Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Concourse & E 176 St 22 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

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

  1. 1805 Webster Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.3 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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14 and 15 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Hope
Elevation
106 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 129 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Monroe Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Monroe Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Mount Hope Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Mount Hope Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built in 1896.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Igbans Institute of Vocational Train Trade or language school
    100 feet
  2. P.S. 028 Mount Hope School
    780 feet
  3. I.S. 117 Joseph H. Wade School
    900 feet
Show all 7
  1. Young Women's Leadership School of the Bronx School
    900 feet
  2. Charter Ms-Law and Social Justice School
    900 feet
  3. Promesa Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  4. P.S. 236 Langston Hughes School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Echo Triangle
    560 feet
  2. Green Patch on Walton Garden
    1,180 feet
  3. Richman (Echo) Park
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Casa Promesa Nursing home or hospice
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tabernacle of Joy 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    630 feet
  2. St Margaret Mary RC Church House of worship
    980 feet
  3. Tremont Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 236 East Tremont Avenue Older adult center
    550 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 42 Fire station
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Monroe Avenue or Mount Hope Place.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.