3rd Avenue Bridge & 3rd Avenue at East 135th Street

The five-way junction of 3rd Avenue Bridge, 3rd Avenue and East 135th Street is in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 6,961 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. South Bronx Charter High School is 780 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 14 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Lincoln Av/Bruckner Blvd · M125
Within a walk
9 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue Bridge & 3rd Avenue at East 135th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    1,200 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
    0.4 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lincoln Av/Bruckner Blvd, 610 feet away, for the M125.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 135th Street.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 1,250 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 6,961 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 22nd most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 2,266 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Southbound on 3rd Avenue4,5871,210
Westbound on East 135th Street2,3741,056
Total6,9612,266

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Princeton' American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and November 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of East 135th Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 135th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 135th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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
    480 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Graham Triangle.

  1. Spanish War Memorial Column by Charles Keck, 1919
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. South Bronx Charter School Middle-Senior High School
    670 feet
  2. South Bronx Charter High School
    780 feet
  3. Harlem RBI Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dream Charter High School
    1,120 feet
  2. Dream Charter School Mott Haven School
    1,120 feet
  3. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Graham Triangle
    970 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, 3rd Avenue Bridge or East 135th Street.

Sources: NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.