3rd Avenue & East 152nd Street

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and East 152nd Street is in Melrose, Bronx, and is also named Carmen Belén Bermúdez Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Zeta Charter School -South Bronx is 570 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 19 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
750 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
3 Av/Westchester Av · Bx21, Bx41
Within a walk
19 places
4 religious buildings, 4 trade or language schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 152nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    750 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, 470 feet away, for the Bx21 and Bx41.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …
  2. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen Ave & E 152 St 21 docks in all
    280 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. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
22 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Carmen Belén Bermúdez Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

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 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Carmen Belén Bermúdez Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and May 2024; 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 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM

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 152nd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 152nd Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 219469, 220972 and 222249.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Tiny Tunes Day Care Bergen Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    370 feet
  2. Zeta Charter School -South Bronx School
    570 feet
  3. Zeta Charter Schools - South Bronx School
    570 feet
Show all 8
  1. Immaculate Conception School
    810 feet
  2. Career and Employment Services Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  3. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  4. Cudley's Training Program Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  5. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Neighborhood Advisory Committee Community Garden
    890 feet
  2. Vogue Community Garden
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at La Central Public space
    700 feet
  2. Roberto Clemente Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 152nd Street-Courtlandt Avenue Houses Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    900 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Foodtown 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 49 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 152nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.