arson and were eventually razed by the city. The total land area is less than a square mile. The terrain is somewhat hilly. Low-income public housing projects There are eight NYCHA properties located in Crotona Park East. Bryant Avenue-East 174th Street; one 6-story building East 173rd Street-Vyse Avenue; seven buildings, 3 stories tall Hoe Avenue-East 173rd Street; one 6-story building Murphy Houses; two 20-story buildings Prospect Avenue M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program); one rehabilitated 5-story tenement building West Farms Square Rehab; four rehabilitated tenement buildings, 6 stories tall West Farms Square (Conventional); one 5-story rehabilitated tenement building West Farms Square M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program); two rehabilitated tenement buildings, 5 and 6 stories tall Police and crime Crotona Park East and Morrisania are patrolled by the 42nd Precinct of the NYPD, located at 830 Washington Avenue. The 42nd Precinct ranked 45th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. , with a non-fatal assault rate of 161 per 100,000 people, Crotona Park East and Morrisania's rate of violent crimes per capita is greater than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 1,243 per 100,000 people is higher than that of the city as a whole. The 42nd Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 63.3% between 1990 and 2022. The precinct reported 7 murders, 44 rapes, 437 robberies, 672 felony assaults, 314 burglaries, 515 grand larcenies, and 293 grand larcenies auto in 2022. Fire safety Crotona Park East contains a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, Engine Co. 82/Ladder Co. 31, at 1213 Intervale Avenue. Health , preterm births and births to teenage mothers are more common in Crotona Park East and Morrisania than in other places citywide. In Crotona Park East and Morrisania, there were 107 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 35.6 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). Crotona Park East and Morrisania has a relatively average population of residents who are uninsured. In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 12%, equal to the citywide rate of 12%. The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, in Crotona Park East and Morrisania is , more than the city average. Sixteen percent of Crotona Park East