Prospect Avenue & East 187th Street

Prospect Avenue and East 187th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Belmont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Park is 370 feet away, and High School for Energy and Technology is 730 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Crotona Av/E 187 St, is 360 feet away for the Bx17, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Crotona Av/E 187 St · Bx17
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & East 187th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crotona Av/E 187 St, 360 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crotona Av/E 187 St Bx17
    360 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East 187th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Southern Blvd & E 187 St 23 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 730 East Fordham Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15
Police precinct
48
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Belmont
Elevation
74 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 58 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 187th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-5PM

South side of East 187th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

East side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

West side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 211977.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 zoo or aquarium

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Academy for Software Engineering (Base) School
    730 feet
  2. Crotona International High School
    730 feet
  3. High School for Energy and Technology School
    730 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 205 Fiorello Laguardia School
    770 feet
  2. Belmont Community Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  3. Little Stars Childcare Program IV Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bronx Park
    370 feet
  2. Bronx Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    420 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2405 Southern Boulevard Older adult center
    300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    930 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 24 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 187th 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.