Living in Mount Eden: rent, commute and grades

The Bronx · Updated November 2026

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Rent in Mount Eden

$1,282 a month, estimated

Type of homeA room in a 2-bedroom, shared by two

B-Overall

Grades compare NYC neighborhoods with each other. How the grades work.

A+Walkability
The average home has 5 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 400 places to eat or shop.
A-Food and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 59 places to eat, 17 kinds of cuisine, 7 large grocery stores and 265 open storefronts.
AParks and green space
100% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 144 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 643 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

C+Community
17% of households moved in since 2018, 5% are roommates sharing a home, 18% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 13 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
B-Nightlife
About 11 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

FSafety
13.2 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (639 in all).
DQuiet
60 noise complaints to 311 per 1,000 residents in 2025, not counting helicopter complaints, and counting each address at most 12 days a year. That measures how often people complain, not how loud it is.
FBuilding upkeep
77 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 17.3 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

By subway or bus, arriving by 9:00 on a weekday:Under 30 min30 to 45 min45 to 60 minOver an hourMount Eden

Jerome Avenue, under the elevated 4 train, is lined with garages, parking lots and auto repair shops. A 2017 city plan says the corridor is often seen as an auto repair strip, though auto uses fill only about 15% of its lots. Source
The area around Jerome Avenue was built up about a century ago as a service district, giving parking and other services to the dense apartment neighborhoods around it. Source
Mount Eden Avenue and East 170th Street are the neighborhood's shopping streets, two of the local retail corridors the city lists around Jerome Avenue. Source
Most homes are in apartment buildings of 6 to 8 stories: more than 80% of the housing around Jerome Avenue was built before 1950. Source
New Settlement Apartments, a 14-building complex in Mount Eden, was refinanced with city help to rehabilitate 893 affordable homes and keep them affordable for another 60 years. Source
Claremont Park, a 38-acre park bounded on the north by East Mount Eden Avenue, has handball and basketball courts, baseball fields, playgrounds and two outdoor pools. It sits on a ridge above Webster Avenue. Source