Walton Avenue & East 179th Street

Walton Avenue and East 179th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mount Hope, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Mount Hope Playground is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Burnside Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Burnside Av
580 feet · 2 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
East Tremont Av/Jerome Av · Bx36
Within a walk
24 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Walton Avenue & East 179th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Burnside Av, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Burnside Av 4
    580 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. Tremont Av B, D
    860 feet
    B D
  2. 176 St 4
    0.4 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “How to get to the moon...” (2008) by Laura Battle at the Burnside Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Jerome Av, 570 feet away, for the Bx36.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Walton Avenue.

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E Tremont Ave & Jerome Ave 20 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

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

  1. 1736 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Hope
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,300 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 1922 and 1951.

Since 2014 at least 289 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 179th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of East 179th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Walton Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Walton Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 35 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Free Classical, and mostly built between 1906 and 1907.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Acp Early Intervention Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  2. Charter Ms-Law and Social Justice School
    1,190 feet
  3. P.S. 279 Captain Manuel Rivera, Jr. School
    1,220 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 306 School
    1,300 feet
  2. The Bronx School of Young Leaders School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mount Hope Playground
    740 feet
  2. Mount Hope Garden
    780 feet
  3. Mount Hope Garden Playground
    800 feet
Show all 7
  1. Leave It Better Community Garden
    1,040 feet
  2. Devanney Triangle
    1,060 feet
  3. Echo Triangle
    1,160 feet
  4. Walton Park
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God Pentecostal House of worship
    580 feet
  2. PTL Temple of the Living God House of worship
    720 feet
  3. St Margaret Mary RC Church House of worship
    800 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morris Heights Post Office
    300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 179th Street or Walton Avenue.

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