3rd Avenue & East 142nd Street

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and East 142nd Street is in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Patterson development, and is also named Nellie McKay Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Alexander's Alley is 650 feet away, and the 40th Precinct is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
3 Av/E 140 St · Bx2, Bx21
Within a walk
34 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 142nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    1,200 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 140 St, 460 feet away, for the Bx2 and Bx21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx2 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 142 St & 3 Ave 19 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2527 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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
  • 3 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, March 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2022

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
27 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Nellie McKay Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 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 1960.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Nellie McKay Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 142nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 142nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 50 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1874 and 1884.

  1. Third Baptist Church (Tercera Iglesia Bautista) Designated landmark
    440 feet
  2. Third Baptist Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 community centers
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 1 School
    790 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters School
    790 feet
Show all 9
  1. Family Life Academy Charter School II School
    840 feet
  2. South Bronx Preparatory: a College Board School
    1,110 feet
  3. The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology: X223 School
    1,110 feet
  4. Sunshine LC of Morris Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  5. Sunshine Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet
  6. Sunshine Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alexander's Alley Park
    650 feet
  2. Clark Playground
    650 feet
  3. Willis Playground
    790 feet
Show all 7
  1. Ryan Triangle
    1,110 feet
  2. Willis Avenue Community Garden (Bronx Community & Cultural Garden) Garden
    1,130 feet
  3. Graham Triangle
    1,200 feet
  4. People Garden - Patterson Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mott Haven Library Landmark
    730 feet
  2. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff Monument or memorial
    800 feet
  3. Mott Haven Health Center Listed historic place
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. World War I Memorial Monument or memorial
    930 feet
  2. Mott Haven Historic District Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mott Haven Reformed Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Patterson Community Center
    730 feet
  2. Older adult center at 308 East 145th Street Older adult center
    1,230 feet
  3. Community center at Patterson Community center
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 14/Engine 60/Ladder 17 Fire station · landmark
    620 feet
  2. 40th Precinct Police station
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    960 feet
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 142nd 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, NYC Records, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.