Living in Mount Hope: rent, commute and grades

The Bronx · Updated November 2026

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Rent in Mount Hope

$1,285 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.
B+Food and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 57 places to eat, 15 kinds of cuisine, 7.3 large grocery stores and 269 open storefronts.
A-Parks and green space
100% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 106 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 523 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

BCommunity
17% of households moved in since 2018, 5% are roommates sharing a home, 22% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 20 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
BNightlife
About 18 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

FSafety
13.8 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (649 in all).
FQuiet
65 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
88.4 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 20.5 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 Hope

Mount Hope is one of the West Bronx's well-established residential neighborhoods along the Jerome Avenue corridor, with a large immigrant population, according to a city planning study. Source
Tremont Avenue and Burnside Avenue, which cross Mount Hope from Jerome Avenue to the Grand Concourse and beyond, are the area's busy local shopping streets. Source
Housing in and around Mount Hope is mostly six to eight story apartment buildings, and more than 80% of it was built before 1950. Source
Jerome Avenue, Mount Hope's western edge, was developed about a century ago as a service strip of garages and parking for the dense apartment blocks around it, and it is still lined with auto businesses under the elevated 4 train. Source
Tremont Av, under the Grand Concourse at Echo Place, is an express station on the D with elevator access; the B also stops there during rush hours. Source