Melrose

Neighborhood · Bronx

Melrose lies in the South Bronx between Park Avenue and St. Ann's Avenue, north of East 149th Street, and includes the Hub, where East 149th Street meets Third, Willis, Melrose and Westchester Avenues.

  • 0.62 square miles
  • 42,651 residents, 2020 Census
  • 137 street corners
  • 4 subway stations
  • 13 bus routes

Named after Melrose Abbey, it began in the 19th century as one of the villages that grew up around rural railroad stations, and its early population was largely German American. The Third Avenue elevated line, an early draw for residents, served the neighborhood until it was taken down in 1973, and the Hub remains a major retail district.

Sources: Melrose, Bronx (Wikipedia); The Bronx (The Bronx County Historical Society).

Map

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Melrose borders four areas, and 3rd Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 18 of 137.

Street map of Melrose, Bronx, outlined among Mott Haven-Port Morris, Morrisania, Concourse-Concourse Village and Longwood, with its four subway stations and Fountain Of Youth Playground.MorrisaniaLongwoodMott Haven-Port MorrisConcourse-Concourse Village
  • Melrose
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • A station in the list
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • Prospect Av lines 2 5
  • Jackson Av lines 2 5
  • 3 Av-149 St lines 2 5 accessible
  • E 149 St lines 6 accessible

Getting around

Four subway stations and buses on 13 routes stop in or at the edge of Melrose.

  • 4 subway stations
  • 2 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 13 local bus routes

Local bus routes

  • Bx2
  • Bx4
  • Bx15
  • Bx17
  • Bx19
  • Bx21
  • Bx32
  • Bx41
  • Bx41-SBS
  • Bx46
  • BX92
  • M125
  • T102

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Bronx corner.

  • 1,508 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 11.0 a corner, on average
  • 8.0 the average Bronx corner
  • 5 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 43 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
30
Accessible pedestrian signals
22
Turn calming
10
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
5
Safety Improvement Projects
4

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than bus-lane or red-light tickets.

  • 0 red-light camera tickets
  • 4,014 school-zone speed camera tickets at nine corners
  • 1,836 bus-lane camera tickets at one corner
Most speed tickets
East 149th Street & Courtlandt Avenue, 1,509
Most bus-lane tickets
East 149th Street & Courtlandt Avenue, 1,836

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 42,651 residents in Melrose, about 68,800 per square mile.

  • 15,481 homes, 2020 Census
  • 3,561 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 1,216 residential lots hold buildings from 1992 or earlier, and 41% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

NYCHA developments

NYCHA's Adams, Jackson, Melrose and Saint Mary's Park developments lie wholly or partly within Melrose.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
10.2 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Fountain Of Youth Playground (1.2 acres), Grove Hill Playground (1.2 acres) and Melrose Playground (1.1 acres)
Designated landmarks
The Engine Company/Squad 41; the New York Public Library's Woodstock Branch; and the Firehouses, Engine Company 73 and Hook & Ladder Company 42

Streets and trees

Trees
2,718 in NYC Parks' records, most often thornless honeylocust, Japanese zelkova and London planetree
Street with the most corners
3rd Avenue, with 18 of the area's 137
Height above sea level
From 13 feet at Westchester Avenue & Brook Avenue to 71 feet at East 158th Street & Cauldwell Avenue
Honorary street names
28 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists 33 schools and one library in Melrose.

Public schools
20
Charter and private schools
13
Library
Woodstock Library

Bike share and public art

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 20 bike-share stations stand in Melrose. The City's public art inventory lists one work in the area: Fire hat (1994).

  • 20 bike-share stations
  • 1 work of public art

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 1,070 major felonies at places in Melrose.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Melrose

  • 1,154 major felonies in 2024
  • 3,656 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Melrose, the NYPD recorded another 411 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 34.7 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Melrose.

Police precinct
40th
Major felonies recorded at places in Melrose, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 468 major felonies at places in Melrose, against 524 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.