3rd Avenue & East 147th Street

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and East 147th Street is in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 46 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Brilla Veritas CMS Upper is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
550 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
3 Av/E 148 St · Bx21
Within a walk
41 places
12 religious buildings, 9 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 147th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    550 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
    0.5 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, 140 feet away, for the Bx21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue and East 147th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 147 St & Bergen Ave 25 docks in all
    330 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 46 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,838th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2025
Westbound on 3rd Avenue26
Eastbound on 3rd Avenue20
Total46

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 127 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 147th Street

  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

South side of East 147th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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 as Beaux-Arts, Classical Revival and Renaissance Revival, one each, and built between 1901 and 1919.

  1. Willis Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Haffen Building Designated landmark
    210 feet
  3. Engine Company/Squad 41 Designated landmark
    810 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
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 8 trade or language schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brilla Veritas CMS Upper School
    120 feet
  2. Nexus Medical Training Center Trade or language school
    440 feet
  3. Creo College Preparatory Charter School
    720 feet
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  1. The Dennelisse-Lhcsa Trade or language school
    590 feet
  2. Wilson Allen Health Careers Institut Trade or language school
    620 feet
  3. Brilla Veritas CMS School
    790 feet
  4. Career and Employment Services Trade or language school
    810 feet
  5. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    810 feet
  6. Cudley's Training Program Trade or language school
    810 feet
  7. New York Child Resource Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  8. Legacy College Preparatory Charter School
    890 feet
  9. Sunshine Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  10. Sunshine Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  11. South Bronx Preparatory: a College Board School
    1,110 feet
  12. The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology: X223 School
    1,110 feet
  13. Access Bronx Charter School
    1,130 feet
  14. Sobro Ctr for Cancer Development The Trade or language school
    1,280 feet
  15. City-Pro Group - Bronx School
    1,280 feet
  16. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,280 feet
  17. Brilla College Preparatory Charter School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clark Playground
    640 feet
  2. Patterson Playground
    840 feet
  3. Willis Avenue Community Garden (Bronx Community & Cultural Garden) Garden
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Roberto Clemente Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    500 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dollar Savings Bank Listed historic place
    190 feet
  2. C. Rieger's Sons Factory Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  3. Hertlein and Schlatter Silk Trimmings Factory Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mott Haven Reformed Church House of worship
    460 feet
  2. Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Patterson Community center
    1,120 feet
  2. Older adult center at 308 East 145th Street Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    770 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    830 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    500 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
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 147th Street.

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