Brook Avenue & East 144th Street

Brook Avenue and East 144th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St. Mary's Park is 660 feet away, and Willis Avenue Community Garden (Bronx Community & Cultural Garden) is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Brook Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brook Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Saint Ann'S Av/Saint Mary'S St · Bx17
Within a walk
39 places
11 religious buildings, 11 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brook Avenue & East 144th 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 six 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
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Ann'S Av/Saint Mary'S St, 800 feet away, for the Bx17.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 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
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at St Anns Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

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
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 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Brook Avenue

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

North side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 11 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 1 School
    530 feet
  2. Cardinal McCloskey School and Home for Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  3. Academy of Applied Mathematics and Technology School
    760 feet
Show all 14
  1. International Community High School
    760 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 224 School
    760 feet
  3. Brilla College Preparatory Charter School
    870 feet
  4. Access Bronx Charter School
    1,000 feet
  5. Sunshine Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  6. Sunshine Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  7. American Dream Charter School
    1,100 feet
  8. P.S. 030 Wilton School
    1,100 feet
  9. Legacy College Preparatory Charter School
    1,210 feet
  10. South Bronx Preparatory: a College Board School
    1,250 feet
  11. The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology: X223 School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    660 feet
  2. People's Park
    710 feet
  3. People's Park Playground
    720 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brook Park
    870 feet
  2. Friends of Brook Park Community Garden
    880 feet
  3. Willis Avenue Community Garden (Bronx Community & Cultural Garden) Garden
    1,100 feet
  4. St Mary's Playground South Playground
    1,120 feet
  5. Saw Mill Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hertlein and Schlatter Silk Trimmings Factory Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. C. Rieger's Sons Factory Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Thessalonica Christian Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 401 St Anns Avenue Older adult center
    660 feet
  2. St Marys Park Indoor Swimming Pool
    780 feet
  3. St Marys Recreation Center
    810 feet
Show all 4
  1. Betances VI Community Center
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and ten 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brook Avenue or East 144th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.