West Tremont Avenue & Harrison Avenue

West Tremont Avenue and Harrison Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 204 Morris Heights is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, 176 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, eight of them schools, and nine places to eat.

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West Tremont Avenue & Harrison Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 176 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 176 St 4
    0.3 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. 174-175 Sts B, D
    0.5 miles
    B D
  2. Burnside Av 4
    0.5 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Reaching Out For Each Other” (2006) by Juan Sánchez at the 176 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is University Av/West Tremont Av, 440 feet away, for the Bx3 and Bx36.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. University Av/West Tremont Av Bx3, Bx36 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    440 feet
    Bx3 Bx36
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …
  2. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West Tremont Avenue.

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W Tremont Ave & Grand Ave 21 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1764 University Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
Elevation
117 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Harrison Avenue

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

West side of Harrison Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West Tremont Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West Tremont Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 204 Morris Heights School
    390 feet
  2. Academy for Language and Technology School
    900 feet
  3. I.S. 232 School
    900 feet
Show all 9
  1. I.S. X303 Leadership & Community Service School
    900 feet
  2. Shield Institute Bronx School
    970 feet
  3. Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  4. Northeast Bronx Day Care Cntr Grow School
    1,230 feet
  5. P.S. 306 School
    1,310 feet
  6. The Bronx School of Young Leaders School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Aqueduct Walk Park
    460 feet
  2. Dr. Thomasina Bushby Park
    520 feet
  3. Morton Playground
    540 feet
Show all 6
  1. Davidson Park
    540 feet
  2. Eternal Life Community Garden
    560 feet
  3. Galileo Playground
    560 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sedgwick Library
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Methodist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 200 West Tremont Avenue Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.