3rd Avenue & East 140th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 140th Street is in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Patterson development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff is 230 feet away, and Family Life Academy Charter School II is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
620 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
3 Av/E 140 St · Bx2, Bx21
Within a walk
23 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 140th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    620 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
  2. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 140 St, 30 feet away, for the Bx2 and Bx21.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 140 St Bx2, Bx21
    30 feet
    Bx2 Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx2 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2527 3rd Avenue Gas station
    980 feet
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10454
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1950 and 1965.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Patterson development.

Since 2014 at least 271 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

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

North side of East 140th Street

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

South side of East 140th Street

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 67 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1876 and 1888.

  1. Third Baptist Church (Tercera Iglesia Bautista) Designated landmark
    560 feet
  2. 40th Precinct Police Station Garage Designated landmark
    570 feet
  3. Third Baptist Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    610 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Graham Square.

  1. Bronx Local Board #2 World War Memorial Column, 1921
    350 feet
  2. Spanish War Memorial Column by Charles Keck, 1919
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 2 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Family Life Academy Charter School II School
    270 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 1 School
    970 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters School
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Academic Leadership CS Upper Es School
    1,140 feet
  2. Brilla College Preparatory Charter Middle School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willis Playground
    620 feet
  2. Graham Triangle
    630 feet
  3. Alexander's Alley Park
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Clark Playground
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff Monument or memorial
    230 feet
  2. World War I Memorial Monument or memorial
    350 feet
  3. Mott Haven Library Landmark
    400 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mott Haven Health Center Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Mott Haven Historic District Listed historic place
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Patterson Community Center
    1,040 feet
  2. Older adult center at 295 East 138th Street Older adult center
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. 40th Precinct Police station · landmark
    990 feet
  2. Battalion 14/Engine 60/Ladder 17 Fire station
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 140th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.