3rd Avenue & East 145th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 145th Street is in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Patterson development. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Clark Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
3 Av/E 144 St · Bx2, Bx21
Within a walk
37 places
12 religious buildings, 8 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 145th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    1,140 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Una Raza, Un Mundo, Universo (One Race, One World, One Universe)” (1996) by José Ortega at the 3 Av-149 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 144 St, 190 feet away, for the Bx2 and Bx21.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 144 St Bx2, Bx21 · Shelter
    190 feet
    Bx2 Bx21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx2 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2025

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1963.

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

Since 2014 at least 104 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of East 145th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 145th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Classical Revival, and built between 1901 and 1919.

  1. Willis Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church Designated landmark
    720 feet
  2. Haffen Building Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. South Bronx Preparatory: a College Board School
    520 feet
  2. The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology: X223 School
    520 feet
  3. Sunshine Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    690 feet
Show all 14
  1. Legacy College Preparatory Charter School
    640 feet
  2. Brilla Veritas CMS Upper School
    680 feet
  3. Sunshine Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  4. Brilla Veritas CMS School
    710 feet
  5. The Dennelisse-Lhcsa Trade or language school
    740 feet
  6. Wilson Allen Health Careers Institut Trade or language school
    860 feet
  7. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  8. Access Bronx Charter School
    880 feet
  9. Creo College Preparatory Charter School
    980 feet
  10. Nexus Medical Training Center Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  11. Brilla College Preparatory Charter School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clark Playground
    50 feet
  2. Patterson Playground
    500 feet
  3. Willis Avenue Community Garden (Bronx Community & Cultural Garden) Garden
    900 feet
Show all 6
  1. People Garden - Patterson Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    970 feet
  2. Ryan Triangle
    1,150 feet
  3. Alexander's Alley Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Roberto Clemente Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dollar Savings Bank Listed historic place
    780 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mott Haven Reformed Church House of worship
    230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Patterson Community center
    550 feet
  2. Older adult center at 308 East 145th Street Older adult center
    550 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 14/Engine 60/Ladder 17 Fire station · landmark
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 145th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.