Webster Avenue & East 179th Street

Webster Avenue and East 179th Street meet at a three-way junction in Mount Hope, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Richman (Echo) Park is 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Webster Av/E 179 St, is 80 feet away for the Bx41, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. A bus lane runs along Webster Avenue, all day.

Safety record
14 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Webster Av/E 179 St · Bx41
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 2 parks and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Webster Av/E 179 St, 80 feet away, for the Bx41.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Webster Avenue carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

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

  1. 2103 Webster Avenue Gas station
    1,040 feet
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 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 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10457
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15
Police precinct
46 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Hope
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 716 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 179th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of East 179th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Webster Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 163 Arthur A. Schomburg School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Richman (Echo) Park
    770 feet
  2. O'Brien Oval Park
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tremont United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    320 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    1,260 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and nine 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 179th Street or Webster 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.