3rd Avenue & East 146th Street

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and East 146th Street is in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Mott Haven Reformed Church is 170 feet away, and the Squad 41 firehouse is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 45 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
890 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
3 Av/E 144 St · Bx2, Bx21
Within a walk
45 places
12 religious buildings, 10 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 890 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
    890 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, 440 feet away, for the Bx2 and Bx21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx2 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 29 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
    670 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019
  • Turn calming, May 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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 1921 and 1950.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 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 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 146th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    470 feet
  2. Haffen Building Designated landmark
    540 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
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brilla Veritas CMS Upper School
    420 feet
  2. Brilla Veritas CMS School
    450 feet
  3. The Dennelisse-Lhcsa Trade or language school
    510 feet
Show all 22
  1. Wilson Allen Health Careers Institut Trade or language school
    610 feet
  2. Creo College Preparatory Charter School
    730 feet
  3. South Bronx Preparatory: a College Board School
    770 feet
  4. The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology: X223 School
    770 feet
  5. Nexus Medical Training Center Trade or language school
    780 feet
  6. Legacy College Preparatory Charter School
    810 feet
  7. Sunshine Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  8. Sunshine Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  9. Access Bronx Charter School
    1,050 feet
  10. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  11. Sobro Ctr for Cancer Development The Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  12. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  13. City-Pro Group - Bronx School
    1,130 feet
  14. Career and Employment Services Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  15. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  16. Cudley's Training Program Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  17. New York Child Resource Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  18. Brilla College Preparatory Charter School
    1,210 feet
  19. P.S. 018 John Peter Zenger School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clark Playground
    300 feet
  2. Patterson Playground
    510 feet
  3. Willis Avenue Community Garden (Bronx Community & Cultural Garden) Garden
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. People Garden - Patterson Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,200 feet
  2. Neighborhood Advisory Committee Community Garden
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Roberto Clemente Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    830 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dollar Savings Bank Listed historic place
    530 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mott Haven Reformed Church House of worship
    170 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 14/Engine 60/Ladder 17 Fire station · landmark
    1,110 feet
  2. Squad 41 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    900 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    160 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 32 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 146th Street.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.