Park Avenue & East 179th Street

Park Avenue and East 179th Street meet at a three-way junction in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Tremont United Methodist Church is 860 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Webster Av/E 179 St, is 510 feet away for the Bx41, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, seven of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Webster Av/E 179 St · Bx41
Within a walk
9 places
7 religious buildings, 1 garden and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 179th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Webster Av/E 179 St, 510 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Webster Av/E 179 St Bx41
    510 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Ave & E 179 St 25 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1860 Webster Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15
Police precinct
48
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tremont

The streets

  • One of the streets is 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 419 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 179th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 179th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 6 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

West side of Park Avenue

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Richman (Echo) Park
    1,200 feet
  2. El Batey de Dona Provi Garden
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tremont United Methodist Church House of worship
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 179th Street or Park Avenue.

Sources: 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 Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.