3rd Avenue & East 189th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 189th Street is in Belmont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Fordham Plaza is 270 feet away, and Belmont Preparatory High School is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Fordham Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, ten of them schools, and 42 places to eat. A bus lane runs along 3rd Avenue, all day.

Safety record
10 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fordham Rd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Fordham Plaza/Bus Terminal · Bx17
Within a walk
27 places
10 schools, 6 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 189th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fordham Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fordham Rd B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fordham Plaza/Bus Terminal, 80 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fordham Plaza/Bus Terminal Bx17
    80 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 3rd Avenue, all day, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 189th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 189 St 30 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4709 3rd Avenue Gas station
    360 feet
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15
Police precinct
48
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Belmont
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 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 1910 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 118 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 189th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 189th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYS DHCR MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 2 parks
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academies at 2490-2500 Webster Avenue Pre-K center
    330 feet
  2. Jonas Bronck Academy School
    460 feet
  3. I.S. 254 School
    640 feet
Show all 13
  1. Child Development Center of the Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    870 feet
  2. Belmont Preparatory High School
    920 feet
  3. Bronx High School for Law and Community Service School
    920 feet
  4. Fordham High School for the Arts School
    920 feet
  5. Fordham Leadership Academy School
    920 feet
  6. Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy International High School (Kappa) School
    920 feet
  7. West Bronx Academy for the Future School
    920 feet
  8. Our Lady of Mt Carmel School
    1,050 feet
  9. Ucp of NYC - Harry H Gordon School
    1,050 feet
  10. Adapt Community Network/ Harry H. Gordon School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flood Triangle
    590 feet
  2. Webster Playground
    620 feet
  3. Rose Hill Park
    660 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fordham Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Mercy Church House of worship
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    460 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Bronx Center Career or business center
    460 feet
  3. Fordham Post Office
    540 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 7/Engine 48/Ladder 56 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    230 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    920 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 189th Street.

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