Prospect Avenue & East 179th Street

Prospect Avenue and East 179th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Clinton Avenue Community Garden is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Tremont Av/Prospect Av, is 700 feet away for the Bx36, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along East 179th Street.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
East Tremont Av/Prospect Av · Bx36
Within a walk
29 places
9 religious buildings, 8 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Prospect Av, 700 feet away, for the Bx36.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Prospect Av Bx36
    700 feet
    Bx36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 179th Street.

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 180 St & Prospect Ave 22 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 495 East 180th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2022

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
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 179th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 179th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Prospect Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kappa III School
    450 feet
  2. M.S. 129 Academy for Independent Learning and Leadership School
    450 feet
  3. The School of Science and Applied Learning School
    450 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 595 School
    530 feet
  2. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  3. Children's Aid College Preparatory Charter School
    1,010 feet
  4. I.S. X318 Math, Science & Technology Through Arts School
    1,010 feet
  5. P.S. 211 School
    1,010 feet
  6. P.S. 067 Mohegan School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clinton Avenue Community Garden
    50 feet
  2. Mapes Pool Park · swimming pool
    470 feet
  3. Mapes Park
    630 feet
Show all 9
  1. Mohegan Triangle Playground
    990 feet
  2. Mapes Park Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. Prospect Playground
    1,110 feet
  4. Fairmount Playground
    1,150 feet
  5. Mapes Avenue Garden
    1,260 feet
  6. Garden of Happiness Garden
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tremont House of worship
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2070 Clinton Avenue Older adult center
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,180 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,040 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 23 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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