Valentine Avenue & East 178th Street

Valentine Avenue and East 178th Street meet at a three-way junction in Mount Hope, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. O'Brien Oval is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Tremont Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
16 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Tremont Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Valentine Av/E 178 St · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
16 places
10 religious buildings, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Valentine Avenue & East 178th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Tremont Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Tremont Av B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Uptown New York” (2000) by Frank Leslie Hampton at the Tremont Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Valentine Av/E 178 St, 60 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Valentine Av/E 178 St Bx40, Bx42
    60 feet
    Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E Burnside Ave & Ryer Ave 21 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Clay Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1845 Webster Avenue Gas station
    1,120 feet
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 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

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2016
  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
15
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Hope
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 847 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 119 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 178th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 178th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Valentine Avenue

  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Gothic, and built between 1904 and 1912.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Lebanon Hospital College
    1,080 feet
  2. P.S. 163 Arthur A. Schomburg School
    1,210 feet
  3. P.S. 028 Mount Hope School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Richman (Echo) Park
    40 feet
  2. O'Brien Oval Park
    530 feet
  3. Richman (Echo) Park Upper Playground
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tremont Baptist Church Landmark · listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. Tremont United Methodist Church House of worship
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    790 feet
  3. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,060 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 178th Street or Valentine Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.