3rd Avenue Bridge & 3rd Avenue at East 134th Street

The five-way junction of 3rd Avenue Bridge, 3rd Avenue and East 134th Street is in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Workforce1 Industrial & Transportation Career Center is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them schools, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Lincoln Av/Bruckner Blvd · M125
Within a walk
9 places
4 schools, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue Bridge & 3rd Avenue at East 134th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.5 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lincoln Av/Bruckner Blvd, 840 feet away, for the M125.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lincoln Av/Bruckner Blvd M125
    840 feet
    M125

Next buses at this stop

  1. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lincoln Ave & E 134 St 17 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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

The streets

  • Up to three 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 2018 and 2020.

Since 2014 at least 703 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white 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 2014 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM ALL DAYS

North side of East 134th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 134th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as American Round Arch. They were built between 1885 and 1895.

  1. Estey Piano Company Factory Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. South Bronx Charter School Middle-Senior High School
    430 feet
  2. South Bronx Charter High School
    540 feet
  3. Harlem RBI Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dream Charter High School
    1,080 feet
  2. Dream Charter School Mott Haven School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Graham Triangle
    1,220 feet
  2. Harlem River Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 2401 Third Avenue Public space
    440 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Workforce1 Industrial & Transportation Career Center Career or business center
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, 3rd Avenue Bridge or East 134th Street.

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