3rd Avenue & East 146th Street at Courtlandt Avenue

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue, East 146th Street and Courtlandt Avenue is in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Willis Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 420 feet away, and Neighborhood Advisory Committee Community Garden is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 46 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
3 Av/E 148 St · Bx21
Within a walk
46 places
12 religious buildings, 10 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 146th Street at Courtlandt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    840 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 148 St, 420 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 148 St Bx21
    420 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue, Courtlandt Avenue and East 146th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 147 St & Bergen Ave 25 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.6 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, May 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 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)
Melrose
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1931 and 1950.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

East side of Courtlandt Avenue

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

West side of Courtlandt Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM

North side of East 146th Street

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 221621.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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
    420 feet
  2. Haffen Building Designated landmark
    490 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Roberto Clemente Plaza.

  1. Para Roberto Sculpture by Melissa Calderón, 2019
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brilla Veritas CMS Upper School
    370 feet
  2. The Dennelisse-Lhcsa Trade or language school
    460 feet
  3. Brilla Veritas CMS School
    500 feet
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  1. Wilson Allen Health Careers Institut Trade or language school
    560 feet
  2. Creo College Preparatory Charter School
    680 feet
  3. Nexus Medical Training Center Trade or language school
    730 feet
  4. Legacy College Preparatory Charter School
    760 feet
  5. Sunshine Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  6. Sunshine Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  7. South Bronx Preparatory: a College Board School
    820 feet
  8. The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology: X223 School
    820 feet
  9. Access Bronx Charter School
    1,000 feet
  10. Sobro Ctr for Cancer Development The Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  11. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  12. City-Pro Group - Bronx School
    1,080 feet
  13. Career and Employment Services Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  14. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  15. Cudley's Training Program Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  16. New York Child Resource Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  17. Brilla College Preparatory Charter School
    1,160 feet
  18. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  19. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet
  20. P.S. 018 John Peter Zenger School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clark Playground
    350 feet
  2. Patterson Playground
    550 feet
  3. Willis Avenue Community Garden (Bronx Community & Cultural Garden) Garden
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Neighborhood Advisory Committee Community Garden
    1,230 feet
  2. People Garden - Patterson Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Roberto Clemente Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    780 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dollar Savings Bank Listed historic place
    480 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mott Haven Reformed Church House of worship
    190 feet
  2. Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 14/Engine 60/Ladder 17 Fire station · landmark
    1,150 feet
  2. Squad 41 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    850 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    210 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Western Beef 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 33 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, Courtlandt Avenue or East 146th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.