3rd Avenue & East 155th Street

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and East 155th Street is in Melrose, Bronx, and is also named El Condado de la Salsa Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Flynn Playground is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, six of them gardens, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
3 Av/E 153 St · Bx15, Bx21
Within a walk
26 places
6 gardens, 6 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 155th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    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 153 St, 350 feet away, for the Bx15 and Bx21.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 153 St Bx15, Bx21
    350 feet
    Bx15 Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 156 St & Brook Ave 19 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
23 feet above sea level

This corner is also named El Condado de la Salsa Way, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1978 and 2010.

Since 2014 at least 76 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on El Condado de la Salsa Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 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 155th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 155th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 201629 and 219560.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Firehouse Engine Co. 41.

  1. Fire hat Relief by David Saunders, 1994
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 6 gardens
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    910 feet
  2. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    930 feet
  3. Tiny Tunes Day Care Bergen Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Northside Center for Child Development - Bronx Early Head Start Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet
  2. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vogue Community Garden
    510 feet
  2. Flynn Playground
    590 feet
  3. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    670 feet
Show all 9
  1. Latinos Unidos Garden
    1,020 feet
  2. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    1,110 feet
  3. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    1,150 feet
  4. NYRP Members Garden (Dalia Group) Garden
    1,190 feet
  5. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    1,230 feet
  6. Melrose Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at La Central Public space
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    500 feet
  2. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 6/Engine 71/Ladder 55 Fire station
    690 feet
  2. Police Service Area #7 Police station
    960 feet
  3. 42nd Precinct Police station
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    130 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    840 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 155th 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.