Alexander Avenue & East 142nd Street

Alexander Avenue and East 142nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Mott Haven development. The corner is also named John Johnson Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Third Baptist Church Parsonage stands 360 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
3 Av/E 144 St · Bx2, Bx21
Within a walk
39 places
12 religious buildings, 7 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Alexander Avenue & East 142nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    1,090 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.5 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 144 St, 610 feet away, for the Bx2 and Bx21.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 144 St Bx2, Bx21
    610 feet
    Bx2 Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx2 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 142 St & 3 Ave 19 docks in all
    140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.4 miles 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
    0.6 miles

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 February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10454
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

This corner is also named John Johnson Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,100 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 1950 and 1960.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Mott Haven development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on John Johnson Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Alexander Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Alexander Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 142nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 142nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 49 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1874 and 1884.

  1. Third Baptist Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Third Baptist Church (Tercera Iglesia Bautista) Designated landmark
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 gardens
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
  2. Family Life Academy Charter School II School
    820 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 1 School
    970 feet
Show all 10
  1. The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters School
    970 feet
  2. South Bronx Preparatory: a College Board School
    1,070 feet
  3. The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology: X223 School
    1,070 feet
  4. Access Bronx Charter School
    1,210 feet
  5. Academic Leadership CS Upper Es School
    1,230 feet
  6. Sunshine Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  7. Sunshine Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alexander's Alley Park
    470 feet
  2. Clark Playground
    620 feet
  3. Willis Playground
    620 feet
Show all 6
  1. Willis Avenue Community Garden (Bronx Community & Cultural Garden) Garden
    990 feet
  2. Ryan Triangle
    1,080 feet
  3. People Garden - Patterson Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mott Haven Library Landmark
    550 feet
  2. Mott Haven Health Center Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff Monument or memorial
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mott Haven Historic District Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. World War I Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mott Haven Reformed Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Patterson Community Center
    900 feet
  2. Older adult center at 308 East 145th Street Older adult center
    1,200 feet
  3. Community center at Patterson Community center
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 295 East 138th Street Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 14/Engine 60/Ladder 17 Fire station · landmark
    480 feet
  2. 40th Precinct Police station
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    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 14 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Alexander Avenue or East 142nd Street.

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 Records, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.