3rd Avenue & Morris Avenue at East 138th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue, Morris Avenue and East 138th Street is in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 59 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, four of them schools, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
55 hurt
59 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
150 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
3 Av/E 138 St · Bx1, Bx2, Bx21, Bx32
Within a walk
19 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Morris Avenue at East 138th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 150 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    150 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    1,050 feet
    4 5
  2. Brook Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 138 St, 30 feet away, for the Bx1, Bx2, Bx21 and Bx32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 138 St Bx1, Bx2, Bx21, Bx32
    30 feet
    Bx1 Bx2 Bx21 Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …
  3. Bx21 …
  4. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue, East 138th Street and Morris Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lincoln Ave & E 138 St 26 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 1,150 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2527 3rd Avenue Gas station
    290 feet
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 59 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 55 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 9 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 280 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 138th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of East 138th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Morris Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 208801.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 38 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1881 and 1890.

  1. 40th Precinct Police Station Garage Designated landmark
    640 feet
  2. St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    800 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Graham Square.

  1. Bronx Local Board #2 World War Memorial Column, 1921
    230 feet
  2. Spanish War Memorial Column by Charles Keck, 1919
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Family Life Academy Charter School II School
    830 feet
  2. Brilla College Preparatory Charter Middle School
    1,020 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 1 School
    1,210 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters School
    1,210 feet
  2. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Graham Triangle
    120 feet
  2. La Finca del Sur Community Garden
    940 feet
  3. La Finca Del Sur Garden
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Willis Playground
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. World War I Memorial Monument or memorial
    230 feet
  2. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff Monument or memorial
    360 feet
  3. Mott Haven Library
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 295 East 138th Street Older adult center
    530 feet
  2. Mitchel Community Center
    1,200 feet
  3. Patterson Community Center
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. 40th Precinct Police station · landmark
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    700 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, East 138th Street or Morris Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.