Townsend Avenue & East Mount Eden Avenue
Townsend Avenue and East Mount Eden Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Inwood Park is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Mt Eden Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Mt Eden Av, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.
- 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
- Mt Eden Av 4300 feet4
Next trains at this station
Northbound
1 line- 4 …
Manhattan
1 line- 4 …
Also within a walk
- 174-175 Sts B, D1,050 feetB D
- 170 St B, D0.3 milesB D
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Procession of Folk #3” (2006) by Amir Bey at the Mt Eden Av station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/Mount Eden Av, 620 feet away, for the Bx1, Bx2 and BxM4.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Grand Concourse/Mount Eden Av Bx1, Bx2, BxM4620 feetBx1 Bx2 BxM4
Next buses at this stop
- Bx1 …
- Bx2 …
- BxM4 …
Cycling
- 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Grand Concourse & E Mount Eden Ave 19 docks in all690 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 610 feet by car along the streets.
- 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station920 feet
- 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 8 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 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, February 2022
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10452
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 4
- City Council district
- 16
- Police precinct
- 44
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
- Elevation
- 56 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A posted limit of 20 mph
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1928.
Since 2014 at least 84 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 religious buildings
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 parks
- 3 playgrounds
- 2 schools
- 1 hospital
Schools and child care
- P.S. 170 Pre-K280 feet
- Mid-Bronx CCRP Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K330 feet
- Comprehensive Model School Project M.S. 327 School900 feet
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- Mount Eden Children's Academy School900 feet
- Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 51,050 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Jerome Playground South Park410 feet
- Inwood Park440 feet
- Jennie Jerome Playground600 feet
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- Featherbenches Park690 feet
- Goble Playground1,070 feet
- Morris Mesa Playground1,270 feet
Health care
- Bronxcare Hospital Center Hospital990 feet
Supermarkets
- Fine Fare Supermarket40 feet
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
- Food Universe Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 17 food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Walton Avenue & East Mount Eden Avenue 260 feet
- Jerome Avenue & Mount Eden Avenue 280 feet
- East 174th Street & Townsend Avenue 450 feet
- Jerome Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway 500 feet
- Cross Bronx Expressway & East 174th Street 540 feet
- Jerome Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway 550 feet
- Walton Avenue & Hawkstone Street 570 feet
- Grand Concourse & East Mount Eden Avenue 600 feet
See every intersection along East Mount Eden Avenue or Townsend Avenue.