Washington Avenue & East 173rd Street

Washington Avenue and East 173rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Claremont Village-Claremont (East), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Rescue 3 firehouse is 190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/E 173 St, is 680 feet away for the Bx15, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
3 Av/E 173 St · Bx15
Within a walk
24 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & East 173rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 173 St, 680 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 173 St Bx15
    680 feet
    Bx15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 173rd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & E 174 St 19 docks in all
    600 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. 1805 Webster Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and February 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 173rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of East 173rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Washington Avenue

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

West side of Washington Avenue

  • 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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 fire stations
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Future Kiddie 4 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  2. Icahn Charter School 6 School
    880 feet
  3. P.S./M.S. 004 Crotona Park West School
    880 feet
Show all 9
  1. Mott Hall Bronx High School
    910 feet
  2. Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The School
    910 feet
  3. Validus Preparatory Academy School
    910 feet
  4. Tremont Monterey Day Care Site I I Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  5. Bronx Leadership Academy High School
    1,080 feet
  6. P.S. 042 Claremont School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    910 feet
  2. Bathgate Playground
    940 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 18 Ambulance station
    330 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crotona Play Center Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Crotona Park Recreation Center
    970 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 3 Fire station
    190 feet
  2. Engine 46/Ladder 27 Fire station
    990 feet
  3. 48th Precinct Police station
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 173rd 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.