Brook Avenue & East 140th Street

Brook Avenue and East 140th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Saw Mill Playground is 130 feet away, and P.S. 030 Wilton is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, Brook Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brook Av
550 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
E 138 St/Brook Av · Bx33, T102
Within a walk
31 places
10 religious buildings, 9 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brook Avenue & East 140th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brook Av, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Brook Av 6
    550 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
    0.5 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 138 St/Brook Av, 620 feet away, for the Bx33 and T102.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx33 …
  2. T102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at St Anns Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2023.

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 189 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 109 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 140th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 140th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 43 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1887 and 1901.

  1. Saint Ann's Church and Graveyard Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. St. Peter's German Evangelical Lutheran Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Dream Charter School
    340 feet
  2. P.S. 030 Wilton School
    340 feet
  3. P.S. 179 Pre-K
    580 feet
Show all 12
  1. Academy of Exploratory Arts School
    580 feet
  2. Young Leaders Elementary School
    580 feet
  3. Academy of Applied Mathematics and Technology School
    620 feet
  4. International Community High School
    620 feet
  5. P.S./I.S. 224 School
    620 feet
  6. Luminous Early Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  7. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 1 School
    1,100 feet
  8. A Kids Space to Dream Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet
  9. P.S. 049 Willis Avenue School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Saw Mill Playground
    130 feet
  2. Friends of Brook Park Community Garden
    170 feet
  3. Brook Park
    170 feet
Show all 7
  1. People's Park
    310 feet
  2. People's Park Playground
    410 feet
  3. Padre Plaza Garden
    610 feet
  4. Willis Playground
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Ann's Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters Lutheran Church Landmark
    770 feet
  2. Thessalonica Christian Church House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Mott Haven Post Office
    290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodfest Depot 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 34 places to eat and 38 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Brook Avenue or East 140th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.