3rd Avenue Bridge & Bruckner Boulevard at 3rd Avenue

The five-way junction of 3rd Avenue Bridge, Bruckner Boulevard and 3rd Avenue is in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. South Bronx Charter High School is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Lincoln Av/Bruckner Blvd · M125
Within a walk
8 places
4 schools, 1 career or business center and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue Bridge & Bruckner Boulevard at 3rd Avenue 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 six 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. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    0.5 miles
    4 5 6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lincoln Av/Bruckner Blvd, 580 feet away, for the M125.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lincoln Ave & E 134 St 17 docks in all
    800 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    100 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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 684 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Seven 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
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

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

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM ALL DAYS

North side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. South Bronx Charter School Middle-Senior High School
    170 feet
  2. South Bronx Charter High School
    280 feet
  3. Harlem RBI Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dream Charter High School
    820 feet
  2. Dream Charter School Mott Haven School
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harlem River Park
    1,050 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, 3rd Avenue Bridge or Bruckner Boulevard.

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