3rd Avenue & East 156th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 156th Street is in Melrose, Bronx, and is also named Freddy Perez Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo is 420 feet away, and the 42nd Precinct is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, eight of them gardens, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
22 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
3 Av/E 157 St · Bx21
Within a walk
32 places
8 gardens, 6 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 156th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    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 157 St, 290 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 157 St Bx21
    290 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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
    230 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
    0.4 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 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Turn calming, April 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2023

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
25 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Freddy Perez 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 2,500 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 2008.

Since 2014 at least 73 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

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

West 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 parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

North side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 156th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 201206 and 201629.

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
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 8 gardens
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    680 feet
  2. Northside Center for Child Development - Bronx Early Head Start Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  3. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
Show all 9
  1. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  2. Brilla Veritas Charter School
    1,170 feet
  3. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    1,200 feet
  4. P.S. 157 Grove Hill School
    1,220 feet
  5. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet
  6. P.S./M.S. 029 Melrose School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vogue Community Garden
    300 feet
  2. Flynn Playground
    340 feet
  3. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    420 feet
Show all 11
  1. Latinos Unidos Garden
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    910 feet
  3. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    940 feet
  4. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    1,030 feet
  5. La Isla USA Garden
    1,110 feet
  6. Jardin la Roca Garden
    1,220 feet
  7. NYRP Members Garden (Dalia Group) Garden
    1,260 feet
  8. Yolanda García Park
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at La Central Public space
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    250 feet
  2. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    510 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #7 Police station
    860 feet
  2. Division 6/Engine 71/Ladder 55 Fire station
    940 feet
  3. 42nd Precinct Police station
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    270 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    580 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    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 12 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 156th 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.