West Tremont Avenue & Montgomery Avenue

West Tremont Avenue and Montgomery Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 109 Sedgwick is 740 feet away, and Academy for Language and Technology is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, 176 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
176 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
West Tremont Av/Montgomery Av · Bx18B
Within a walk
16 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Tremont Avenue & Montgomery Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 176 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 176 St 4
    0.5 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 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 West Tremont Av/Montgomery Av, 60 feet away, for the Bx18B.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Tremont Av/Montgomery Av Bx18B · Shelter
    60 feet
    Bx18B
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18B …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West Tremont Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W Tremont Ave & Montgomery Ave 21 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 0.4 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 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
130 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1923 and 1932.

Since 2014 at least 128 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the 'Sterling' silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Loring Place South

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Loring Place South

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Montgomery Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM

West side of Montgomery Avenue

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

North side of West Tremont Avenue

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

South side of West Tremont Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1905 and 1960.

  1. Messiah Home for Children Designated landmark
    300 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Shield Institute Bronx School
    320 feet
  2. P.S. 109 Sedgwick School
    740 feet
  3. P.S. 204 Morris Heights School
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. Academy for Language and Technology School
    1,240 feet
  2. I.S. 232 School
    1,240 feet
  3. I.S. X303 Leadership & Community Service School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Aqueduct Walk Park
    770 feet
  2. Eternal Life Community Garden
    920 feet
  3. Beanstalk Playground
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Morton Playground
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Methodist Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 200 West Tremont Avenue Older adult center
    260 feet
  2. Community center at West Tremont Avenue-Sedgwick Avenue Area Community center
    660 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Loring Place South, Montgomery Avenue or West Tremont 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.