Brook Avenue & East 143rd Street

Brook Avenue and East 143rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Academy of Applied Mathematics and Technology is 500 feet away, and P.S./I.S. 224 is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Brook Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brook Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Saint Ann'S Av/E 143 St · Bx17
Within a walk
31 places
10 religious buildings, 8 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brook Avenue & East 143rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brook Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brook Av 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. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Ann'S Av/E 143 St, 650 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Ann'S Av/E 143 St Bx17
    650 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 144 St & Brook Ave 19 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at St Anns Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 119 Brook Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 1970 and 1991.

Since 2014 at least 341 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and March 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of East 143rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of East 143rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Renaissance, and built between 1901 and 1902.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 1 School
    270 feet
  2. Academy of Applied Mathematics and Technology School
    500 feet
  3. International Community High School
    500 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S./I.S. 224 School
    500 feet
  2. American Dream Charter School
    840 feet
  3. P.S. 030 Wilton School
    840 feet
  4. Cardinal McCloskey School and Home for Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  5. Brilla College Preparatory Charter School
    1,140 feet
  6. Access Bronx Charter School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. People's Park
    450 feet
  2. People's Park Playground
    460 feet
  3. Brook Park
    610 feet
Show all 8
  1. Friends of Brook Park Community Garden
    620 feet
  2. St. Mary's Park
    670 feet
  3. St Mary's Playground South Playground
    880 feet
  4. Willis Avenue Community Garden (Bronx Community & Cultural Garden) Garden
    930 feet
  5. Saw Mill Playground
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Thessalonica Christian Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. St Peters Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 401 St Anns Avenue Older adult center
    600 feet
  2. St Marys Park Indoor Swimming Pool
    1,040 feet
  3. St Marys Recreation Center
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mott Haven Post Office
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets 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 six places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Brook Avenue or East 143rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.