White Plains Road & East Tremont Avenue

White Plains Road and East Tremont Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Parkchester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 40 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Van Nest Park is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, White Plains Rd/East Tremont Av, is 140 feet away for the Bx36 and Bx39, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them playgrounds, and six places to eat.

Safety record
29 hurt
40 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
White Plains Rd/East Tremont Av · Bx36, Bx39
Within a walk
5 places
2 playgrounds, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
White Plains Road & East Tremont Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/East Tremont Av, 140 feet away, for the Bx36 and Bx39.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/East Tremont Av Bx36, Bx39 · Shelter
    140 feet
    Bx36 Bx39
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1881 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    580 feet
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 40 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 29 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
13 and 18 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
43 and 49 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Parkchester
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Shumard's oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East Tremont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

South side of East Tremont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of White Plains Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of White Plains Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 204950.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Van Nest Memorial Park.

  1. Van Nest Memorial Stele, 1926
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Steam Bridge School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Nest Park
    720 feet
  2. Van Nest Park Playground
    910 feet
  3. Taylor Playground
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 11 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Tremont Avenue or White Plains Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.