Brook Avenue & East 139th Street

Brook Avenue and East 139th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. The corner is also named Naiesha (Nana) Pearson Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Mott Haven Post Office is 180 feet away, and Academy of Exploratory Arts is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Brook Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 11 of them schools, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brook Av
290 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
E 138 St/Brook Av · Bx33, T102
Within a walk
33 places
11 schools, 9 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brook Avenue & East 139th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brook Av, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Brook Av 6
    290 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Cypress Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. 3 Av-138 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 138 St/Brook Av, 360 feet away, for the Bx33 and T102.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 138 St/Brook Av Bx33, T102
    360 feet
    Bx33 T102

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx33 …
  2. T102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Brook Ave & E 138 St 23 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

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

  1. 119 Brook Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
17 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Naiesha (Nana) Pearson Place, a co-naming enacted on July 11, 2011 (Local Law 47 of 2011).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1906 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Naiesha (Nana) Pearson Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brook Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Brook Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 139th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 139th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 219557 and 219632.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 35 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1887 and 1902.

  1. Saint Ann's Church and Graveyard Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 11 schools
  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Dream Charter School
    610 feet
  2. P.S. 030 Wilton School
    610 feet
  3. P.S. 179 Pre-K
    610 feet
Show all 15
  1. Academy of Exploratory Arts School
    610 feet
  2. Young Leaders Elementary School
    610 feet
  3. Luminous Early Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    820 feet
  4. Academy of Applied Mathematics and Technology School
    880 feet
  5. International Community High School
    880 feet
  6. P.S./I.S. 224 School
    880 feet
  7. A Kids Space to Dream Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet
  8. Mott Haven Academy Charter School
    1,080 feet
  9. Mott Haven Charter School
    1,080 feet
  10. Success Academy Charter School – Bronx 5 Lower School
    1,210 feet
  11. Success Academy Charter School – Bronx 5 Upper School
    1,210 feet
  12. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Padre Plaza Garden
    340 feet
  2. Saw Mill Playground
    380 feet
  3. Friends of Brook Park Community Garden
    430 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brook Park
    430 feet
  2. People's Park
    570 feet
  3. People's Park Playground
    670 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Ann's Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters Lutheran Church Landmark
    1,030 feet
  2. Thessalonica Christian Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Mott Haven Post Office
    180 feet
  2. Mill Brook Community Center
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    420 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodfest Depot Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 39 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brook Avenue or East 139th 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.