Prospect Avenue & East 180th Street

Prospect Avenue and East 180th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Mapes Pool is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 180 St/Southern Blvd, is 610 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along East 180th Street.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
E 180 St/Southern Blvd · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
24 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & East 180th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 180 St/Southern Blvd, 610 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 180 St/Southern Blvd Bx40, Bx42
    610 feet
    Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 180th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018

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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 104 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2023 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 180th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 180th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kappa III School
    550 feet
  2. M.S. 129 Academy for Independent Learning and Leadership School
    550 feet
  3. The School of Science and Applied Learning School
    550 feet
Show all 6
  1. Frederick Douglass Academy V. Middle School
    1,000 feet
  2. P.S. 057 Crescent School
    1,000 feet
  3. P.S. 595 School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mapes Park
    50 feet
  2. Mapes Pool Park · swimming pool
    50 feet
  3. Mapes Park Playground
    440 feet
Show all 7
  1. Clinton Avenue Community Garden
    540 feet
  2. Mapes Avenue Garden
    680 feet
  3. Garden of Happiness Garden
    690 feet
  4. Garden Of Youth Garden
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tremont House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    470 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 21 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 180th 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.