East Tremont

East Tremont is a low-income residential neighborhood located in the West Bronx, New York City. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 6. Its boundaries are East 183rd Street to the north, Crotona Avenue to the east, the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the south and the Webster Avenue to the west. East Tremont Avenue is the primary thoroughfare. ZIP codes include 10457, 10458 and 10460. The area is served by the NYPD's 48th Precinct, located at 450 Cross Bronx Expressway. New York City Housing Authority property in the area is patrolled by P.S.A. 8 at 2794 Randall Avenue in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx.

Demographics
East Tremont has a population of more than 30,000. For decades East Tremont has been one of the poorest communities in America. Its steady decline began in the 1950s, largely as a result of the displacement of working- and lower-middle-class residents, largely of Jewish descent, by the construction of the Cross-Bronx Expressway. Over half the population lives below the poverty line and receives public assistance (AFDC, Home Relief, Supplemental Security Income, and Medicaid). East Tremont has one of the highest concentrations of Puerto Ricans in New York City. There is a small but growing Dominican population. The vast majority of households are renter occupied.

Land use and terrain
East Tremont is dominated by five- and six-story tenement buildings, older multi-unit homes, vacant lots and newly constructed subsidized attached multi-unit townhouses and apartment buildings. Most of the original housing stock was structurally damaged by arson and subsequently razed by the city. The total land area is less than one square mile. The terrain is somewhat hilly.

Low income public housing projects
There are two NYCHA developments.
 * Twin Roads East (Site 9); one 14-story building.
 * East 180th Street-Monterey Avenue; one 10-story building.

Public

 * PS/MS 3: Raul Julia (East 180th St and LaFontaine Av)
 * PS 23: Early Childhood (East 181st St and Washington Av)
 * PS 32: Belmont (East 183rd St and Belmont Av)
 * PS 44: David Farragut (East 176th St and Prospect Av)
 * PS 57: Crescent/Frederick Douglass Academy V (East 180th St and Crotona Av)
 * PS 58: Tremont Park (East 176th St and Washington Av)
 * PS 59: Bathgate (East 182nd St and Bathgate Av)
 * PS 92: (East 179th St and Clinton Av)
 * PS/MS 211: Bilingual (Fairmount Place and Prospect Av)
 * PS 300/MS 129: Twin Parks (East 180th St and Mapes Av)
 * MS 118: William J. Niles (East 179th St and Arthur Av)

Transportation

 * Bx15: to Fordham Plaza or West Harlem (via Third Avenue)
 * Bx17: to Fordham Plaza or Port Morris (via Crotona-Prospect Avenues)
 * Bx19: to New York Botanical Gardens or Riverbank State Park (via Southern Boulevard-East 149th Street)
 * Bx36: to Castle Hill or George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal (via East 180th Street)
 * Bx40: to SUNY Maritime College or Morris Heights (via Tremont-Burnside Avenues)
 * Bx41: to Wakefield-241st Street station or 3rd Av-149th Street station (via Webster Avenue)
 * Bx42: to Throggs Neck or Morris Heights (via Tremont-Burnside Avenues)
 * Bx55: to Gun Hill Road station or 3rd Av-149th Street station (via Third Avenue, Limited)
 * Tremont (Metro-North station)

Facts

 * East Tremont is often considered part of the socioeconomic South Bronx.
 * St. Barnabas Hospital on East 183rd Street and 3rd Avenue forms the border between East Tremont and neighboring Belmont.