3rd Avenue & East 149th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 149th Street is in Melrose, Bronx, and is also named Roberto Clemente Plaza by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 71 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Willis Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 510 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5.

Safety record
52 hurt
71 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
3 Av/E 150 St · Bx15, Bx21, M125
Within a walk
38 places
8 religious buildings, 8 trade or language schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 149th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    80 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

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

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 150 St, 40 feet away, for the Bx15, Bx21 and M125.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 150 St Bx15, Bx21, M125
    40 feet
    Bx15 Bx21 M125

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …
  2. Bx21 …
  3. M125 …

Live arrivals

East 149th Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 8pm, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue and East 149th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Melrose Ave & E 150 St 31 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 71 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 51 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 16 of those hurt, on foot
  • 10 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Roberto Clemente Plaza (Local Law 50 of 2006, enacted on December 5, 2006) and Robert A. Williams Way (Local Law 158 of 2019, enacted on August 23, 2019).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 675 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 149th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-8PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 149th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-8PM ALL DAYS

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Five buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and mostly built between 1901 and 1913.

  1. Haffen Building Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. Willis Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church Designated landmark
    510 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
    150 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 8 trade or language schools
  • 7 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Career and Employment Services Trade or language school
    190 feet
  2. Creo College Preparatory Charter School
    610 feet
  3. New York Child Resource Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
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  1. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    190 feet
  2. Cudley's Training Program Trade or language school
    190 feet
  3. Nexus Medical Training Center Trade or language school
    550 feet
  4. Wilson Allen Health Careers Institut Trade or language school
    660 feet
  5. Zeta Charter School -South Bronx School
    720 feet
  6. Zeta Charter Schools - South Bronx School
    720 feet
  7. Brilla Veritas CMS Upper School
    740 feet
  8. Immaculate Conception School
    880 feet
  9. City-Pro Group - Bronx School
    910 feet
  10. Sobro Ctr for Cancer Development The Trade or language school
    910 feet
  11. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    910 feet
  12. The Dennelisse-Lhcsa Trade or language school
    940 feet
  13. Tiny Tunes Day Care Bergen Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  14. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,100 feet
  15. Legacy College Preparatory Charter School
    1,240 feet
  16. Sunshine Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet
  17. Sunshine Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Neighborhood Advisory Committee Community Garden
    830 feet
  2. Patterson Playground
    1,140 feet
  3. Clark Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Roberto Clemente Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dollar Savings Bank Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. C. Rieger's Sons Factory Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Hertlein and Schlatter Silk Trimmings Factory Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
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  1. East 152nd Street-Courtlandt Avenue Houses Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary House of worship
    420 feet
  2. Mott Haven Reformed Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 372 East 152nd Street Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 41 Fire station · landmark
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    150 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    200 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 59 places to eat and 30 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 149th 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, 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.