Prospect Avenue & Elsmere Place

Prospect Avenue and Elsmere Place meet at a three-way junction in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Children's Aid College Preparatory Charter School is 150 feet away, and P.S. 211 is 150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Tremont Av/Prospect Av, is 360 feet away for the Bx36, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, ten of them schools, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
East Tremont Av/Prospect Av · Bx36
Within a walk
27 places
10 schools, 9 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & Elsmere Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Prospect Av, 360 feet away, for the Bx36.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fairmount Pl & Prospect Ave 18 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

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

  1. 4056 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
92 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 162 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Elsmere Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Elsmere Place

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

East side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 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 27 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    100 feet
  2. Children's Aid College Preparatory Charter School
    150 feet
  3. I.S. X318 Math, Science & Technology Through Arts School
    150 feet
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  1. P.S. 211 School
    150 feet
  2. Kipp Freedom Charter School
    620 feet
  3. Kipp Freedom Charter School Middle School
    620 feet
  4. P.S. 044 David C. Farragut School
    620 feet
  5. P.S. 595 School
    1,220 feet
  6. Kappa III School
    1,310 feet
  7. M.S. 129 Academy for Independent Learning and Leadership School
    1,310 feet
  8. The School of Science and Applied Learning School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Playground
    250 feet
  2. Fairmount Playground
    290 feet
  3. Miracle Garden - Bronx Garden
    690 feet
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  1. Admiral Farragut Playground
    690 feet
  2. Clinton Avenue Community Garden
    910 feet
  3. Crotona Park
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tremont House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1784 Prospect Avenue Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    840 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 22 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Elsmere Place or Prospect Avenue.

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