Brook Avenue & Bergen Avenue

Brook Avenue and Bergen Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Peters and Pauls Church is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, five of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
3 Av/E 153 St · Bx15, Bx21
Within a walk
20 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brook Avenue & Bergen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Una Raza, Un Mundo, Universo (One Race, One World, One Universe)” (1996) by José Ortega at the 3 Av-149 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 153 St, 750 feet away, for the Bx15 and Bx21.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 153 St Bx15, Bx21
    750 feet
    Bx15 Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 156 St & Brook Ave 19 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 238 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2022 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bergen Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bergen Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Tiny Tunes Day Care Bergen Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  2. Northside Center for Child Development - Bronx Early Head Start Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet
  3. Brilla Veritas Charter School
    1,190 feet
Show all 9
  1. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,010 feet
  2. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  3. P.S. 157 Grove Hill School
    1,240 feet
  4. Zeta Charter School -South Bronx School
    1,250 feet
  5. Zeta Charter Schools - South Bronx School
    1,250 feet
  6. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    530 feet
  2. Flynn Playground
    710 feet
  3. Vogue Community Garden
    890 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at La Central Public space
    600 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    680 feet
  2. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bergen Avenue or Brook Avenue.

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