3rd Avenue & East 158th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 158th Street is in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 12 of them gardens, and 13 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1993 and 2009, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
15 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
3 Av/E 158 St · Bx15, Bx21
Within a walk
32 places
12 gardens, 7 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 158th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.5 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 158 St, 120 feet away, for the Bx15 and Bx21.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 158 St Bx15, Bx21
    120 feet
    Bx15 Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 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
    510 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
    0.3 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 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1993 and 2009.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

North side of East 158th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 158th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1905 and 1915.

  1. Bronx Borough Courthouse Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    130 feet
  2. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    650 feet
  3. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. Boricua College - Bronx College
    950 feet
  2. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flynn Playground
    50 feet
  2. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    380 feet
  3. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    520 feet
Show all 17
  1. La Isla USA Garden
    560 feet
  2. Latinos Unidos Garden
    570 feet
  3. Jardin la Roca Garden
    710 feet
  4. O'Neill Triangle Park
    770 feet
  5. Yolanda García Park
    790 feet
  6. Vogue Community Garden
    850 feet
  7. El Batey Borincano Garden
    970 feet
  8. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    1,090 feet
  9. Courtlandt Avenue Community Garden
    1,120 feet
  10. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    1,150 feet
  11. 159th Street Community Garden
    1,210 feet
  12. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    1,220 feet
  13. Grove Hill Playground
    1,290 feet
  14. Grove Hill Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    800 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    30 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    820 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    1,210 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 158th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.