3rd Avenue & Washington Avenue at East 159th Street

The five-way junction of 3rd Avenue, Washington Avenue and East 159th Street is in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Jardin la Roca is 490 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/E 158 St, is 340 feet away for the Bx15 and Bx21, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, nine of them gardens, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
3 Av/E 158 St · Bx15, Bx21
Within a walk
28 places
9 gardens, 8 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Washington Avenue at East 159th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 158 St, 340 feet away, for the Bx15 and Bx21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.3 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 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are 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 1993 and 2009.

Since 2014 at least 143 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of East 159th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of East 159th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Washington Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    350 feet
  2. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    510 feet
  3. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
Show all 5
  1. Boricua College - Bronx College
    730 feet
  2. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flynn Playground
    270 feet
  2. La Isla USA Garden
    340 feet
  3. Jardin la Roca Garden
    490 feet
Show all 12
  1. O'Neill Triangle Park
    550 feet
  2. Yolanda García Park
    560 feet
  3. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    600 feet
  4. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    740 feet
  5. Latinos Unidos Garden
    790 feet
  6. 159th Street Community Garden
    990 feet
  7. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    990 feet
  8. Vogue Community Garden
    1,080 feet
  9. El Batey Borincano Garden
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    690 feet
  2. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    190 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    990 feet
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    1,040 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, East 159th Street or Washington Avenue.

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.