Washington Avenue & East 174th Street

Washington Avenue and East 174th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Claremont Village-Claremont (East), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. It is 460 feet to the 48th Precinct, and Tremont Library is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/Cross Bronx Expwy, is 1,000 feet away for the Bx15, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
1,210 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,000 feet
3 Av/Cross Bronx Expwy · Bx15
Within a walk
22 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & East 174th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Cross Bronx Expwy, 1,000 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Cross Bronx Expwy Bx15
    1,000 feet
    Bx15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & E 174 St 19 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound, 1,210 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4056 3rd Avenue Gas station
    1,120 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
15
Police precinct
42 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Claremont Village-Claremont (East)
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 190 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

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
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 174th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

South side of East 174th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM

East side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 fire stations
  • 2 parks
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Icahn Charter School 6 School
    1,120 feet
  2. P.S./M.S. 004 Crotona Park West School
    1,120 feet
  3. Bronx Leadership Academy High School
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 058 School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stop & Go Playground
    770 feet
  2. Crotona Park
    910 feet
  3. Bathgate Community Garden
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Walter Gladwin Park
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 18 Ambulance station
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Tremont Library
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 46/Ladder 27 Fire station
    440 feet
  2. 48th Precinct Police station
    460 feet
  3. Rescue 3 Fire station
    740 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and four 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 174th Street or Washington 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.