Washington Avenue & East 179th Street

Washington Avenue and East 179th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tremont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 729 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. El Batey de Dona Provi is 810 feet away, and Sunshine Dev-Sharon Bapt HS Bathgate is 990 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Webster Av/E 179 St, is 920 feet away for the Bx41. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Webster Av/E 179 St · Bx41
Within a walk
24 places
13 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Webster Av/E 179 St, 920 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Webster Av/E 179 St Bx41
    920 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 179th Street.

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Ave & E 179 St 25 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 417 East 180th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 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.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 729 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 956th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 358 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15
Police precinct
48
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tremont
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 248 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 179th Street

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 179th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Washington Avenue

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

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. The Salvation Army Tremont Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Sunshine Dev-Sharon Bapt HS Bathgate School
    990 feet
  3. Bronx Charter School for Excellence 5 School
    1,020 feet
Show all 7
  1. Sharon Baptist Board of Directors Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  2. Sharon Baptist Head Start - Center 4 (Delegate Program) Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  3. Providing Urban Learners Success in Education High School
    1,050 feet
  4. J.H.S. 118 William W. Niles School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Batey de Dona Provi Garden
    810 feet
  2. Bathgate Playground
    1,090 feet
  3. Oasis on the Green Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 48th Police Precinct Station Listed historic place
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tremont United Methodist Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Morning Star Full Gospel Assembly Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  3. Garden of Prayer Cathedral Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.