3rd Avenue & Washington Avenue

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and Washington Avenue is in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Flynn Playground is 410 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/E 158 St, is 480 feet away for the Bx15 and Bx21, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, nine of them gardens, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
3 Av/E 158 St · Bx15, Bx21
Within a walk
29 places
9 gardens, 6 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Washington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 158 St, 480 feet away, for the Bx15 and Bx21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & E 163 St 23 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 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 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

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)
Morrisania
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 2008.

Since 2014 at least 139 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 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 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

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 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
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    370 feet
  2. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    490 feet
  3. Boricua College - Bronx College
    680 feet
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  1. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  2. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  3. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    1,230 feet
  4. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flynn Playground
    410 feet
  2. La Isla USA Garden
    480 feet
  3. O'Neill Triangle Park
    500 feet
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  1. Jardin la Roca Garden
    580 feet
  2. Yolanda García Park
    700 feet
  3. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    740 feet
  4. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    860 feet
  5. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    880 feet
  6. Latinos Unidos Garden
    930 feet
  7. 159th Street Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  8. El Batey Borincano Garden
    1,160 feet
  9. Vogue Community Garden
    1,210 feet
  10. Hilton White Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    820 feet
  2. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. 42nd Precinct Police station
    200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    330 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    850 feet
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,120 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 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Washington Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.