Washington Avenue & East 172nd Street

Washington Avenue and East 172nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Claremont Village-Claremont (East), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Mott Hall Bronx High School is 370 feet away, and Validus Preparatory Academy is 370 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Claremont Pkwy/Washington Av, is 630 feet away for the Bx11 and Bx41, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Claremont Pkwy/Washington Av · Bx11, Bx41
Within a walk
21 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & East 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Claremont Pkwy/Washington Av, 630 feet away, for the Bx11 and Bx41.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Claremont Pkwy/Washington Av Bx11, Bx41 · Shelter
    630 feet
    Bx11 Bx41
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …
  2. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 172nd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 172 St 19 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4056 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.7 miles
  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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
15
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Claremont Village-Claremont (East)
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Washington Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mott Hall Bronx High School
    370 feet
  2. Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The School
    370 feet
  3. Validus Preparatory Academy School
    370 feet
Show all 8
  1. Tremont Monterey Day Care Site I I Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 042 Claremont School
    710 feet
  3. Bronx Preparatory Charter School
    860 feet
  4. Bright Future Kiddie 4 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  5. Icahn Charter School 1 School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Little Claremont Playground
    810 feet
  2. Crotona Park
    900 feet
  3. Jardin de la Familia Garden
    1,020 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 18 Ambulance station
    410 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 3 Fire station
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 172nd Street or Washington 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.