3rd Avenue & Brook Avenue

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and Brook Avenue is in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) is 180 feet away, and Yolanda García Park is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/E 158 St, is 670 feet away for the Bx15 and Bx21, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, eight of them gardens, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
3 Av/E 158 St · Bx15, Bx21
Within a walk
32 places
8 gardens, 7 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Brook Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 158 St, 670 feet away, for the Bx15 and Bx21.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 158 St Bx15, Bx21
    670 feet
    Bx15 Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & E 163 St 23 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 481 East 163rd Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1986 and 2008.

Since 2014 at least 86 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 220276.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1905 and 1915.

  1. Bronx Borough Courthouse Designated landmark
    250 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 8 gardens
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    180 feet
  2. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    550 feet
  3. Boricua College - Bronx College
    560 feet
Show all 9
  1. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  2. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  3. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet
  4. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    1,150 feet
  5. M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar School
    1,280 feet
  6. P.S. X140 the Eagle School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flynn Playground
    470 feet
  2. O'Neill Triangle Park
    550 feet
  3. La Isla USA Garden
    670 feet
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  1. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    670 feet
  2. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    750 feet
  3. Jardin la Roca Garden
    770 feet
  4. Yolanda García Park
    890 feet
  5. El Batey Borincano Garden
    970 feet
  6. Hilton White Playground
    1,030 feet
  7. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    1,070 feet
  8. Latinos Unidos Garden
    1,120 feet
  9. Grove Hill Playground
    1,280 feet
  10. Grove Hill Community Garden
    1,300 feet
  11. Melrose Commons Park
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    260 feet
  2. Gospel Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    390 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    660 feet
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Brook Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.