3rd Avenue & East 136th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 136th Street is in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Estey Piano Company Factory stands 660 feet away, and Mitchel Community Center is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them schools, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
750 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
E 136 St/Lincoln Av · Bx21, Bx32
Within a walk
13 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 136th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    750 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 136 St/Lincoln Av, 170 feet away, for the Bx21 and Bx32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 136 St/Lincoln Av Bx21, Bx32
    170 feet
    Bx21 Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …
  2. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lincoln Ave & E 138 St 26 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2527 3rd Avenue Gas station
    1,120 feet
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    870 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 556 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Princeton' American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 136th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of East 136th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as American Round Arch. They were built between 1885 and 1895.

  1. Estey Piano Company Factory Designated landmark
    660 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Graham Triangle.

  1. Spanish War Memorial Column by Charles Keck, 1919
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  2. P.S. 154 Jonathan D. Hyatt School
    1,150 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School II School
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. Harlem RBI Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  2. Brilla College Preparatory Charter Middle School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Graham Triangle
    400 feet
  2. Lozada Playground
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. World War I Memorial Monument or memorial
    830 feet
  2. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff Monument or memorial
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Mitchel Community Center
    1,120 feet
  2. Older adult center at 295 East 138th Street Older adult center
    1,130 feet
  3. Bronx Workforce1 Industrial & Transportation Career Center Career or business center
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. 40th Precinct Police station
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 136th Street.

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