3rd Avenue & East 157th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 157th Street is in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Flynn Playground is 50 feet away, and O'Neill Triangle is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, nine of them gardens, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
3 Av/E 157 St · Bx15
Within a walk
30 places
9 gardens, 5 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 157th 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 eight 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 …

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, 30 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 157 St Bx15
    30 feet
    Bx15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Brook Ave & E 157 St 21 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.2 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 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 1991 and 2009.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 113 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the cherry and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

North side of East 157th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 157th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 9 gardens
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    380 feet
  2. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    910 feet
  3. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  2. Boricua College - Bronx College
    1,200 feet
  3. Northside Center for Child Development - Bronx Early Head Start Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flynn Playground
    50 feet
  2. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    130 feet
  3. Latinos Unidos Garden
    540 feet
Show all 13
  1. Vogue Community Garden
    600 feet
  2. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    670 feet
  3. La Isla USA Garden
    810 feet
  4. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    840 feet
  5. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    900 feet
  6. Jardin la Roca Garden
    940 feet
  7. Yolanda García Park
    1,020 feet
  8. O'Neill Triangle Park
    1,020 feet
  9. Courtlandt Avenue Community Garden
    1,200 feet
  10. El Batey Borincano Garden
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    550 feet
  3. Bronx Borough Courthouse Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    730 feet

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    760 feet
  2. Police Service Area #7 Police station
    1,150 feet
  3. Division 6/Engine 71/Ladder 55 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    290 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    570 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 157th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.