3rd Avenue & East 151st Street

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and East 151st Street is in Melrose, Bronx, and is also named Richard Propper Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Neighborhood Advisory Committee Community Garden is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, six of them trade or language schools, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
560 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
3 Av/Westchester Av · Bx21, Bx41
Within a walk
22 places
6 trade or language schools, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 151st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    560 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/Westchester Av, 290 feet away, for the Bx21 and Bx41.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Westchester Av Bx21, Bx41
    290 feet
    Bx21 Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …
  2. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen Ave & E 152 St 21 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2024

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
24 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Richard Propper Way, a co-naming enacted on January 19, 2020 (Local Law 26 of 2020).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 738 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the horse chestnut.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Richard Propper Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 3rd Avenue (east side).

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 151st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 151st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 218532, 218533, 219467 and 221504.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italian Renaissance Revival and Second Empire, one each, and built between 1871 and 1913.

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
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Tiny Tunes Day Care Bergen Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    550 feet
  2. Immaculate Conception School
    620 feet
  3. Zeta Charter School -South Bronx School
    740 feet
Show all 11
  1. Zeta Charter Schools - South Bronx School
    740 feet
  2. Career and Employment Services Trade or language school
    820 feet
  3. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    820 feet
  4. Cudley's Training Program Trade or language school
    820 feet
  5. Nexus Medical Training Center Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  6. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  7. Creo College Preparatory Charter School
    1,230 feet
  8. Wilson Allen Health Careers Institut Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Neighborhood Advisory Committee Community Garden
    700 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Roberto Clemente Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    830 feet
  2. Public space at La Central Public space
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 152nd Street-Courtlandt Avenue Houses Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. Dollar Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary House of worship
    610 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

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

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 151st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.