Brook Avenue & East 145th Street

Brook Avenue and East 145th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Marys Park Indoor Swimming Pool is 720 feet away, and Brook Park is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
Saint Ann'S Av/E 146 St · Bx17
Within a walk
34 places
9 religious buildings, 8 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brook Avenue & East 145th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.4 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. Brook Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

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 Saint Ann'S Av/E 146 St, 740 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Ann'S Av/E 146 St Bx17 · Shelter
    740 feet
    Bx17
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 144 St & Brook Ave 19 docks in all
    310 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, July 2025

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1974.

Since 2014 at least 91 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
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 5 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 145th Street

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

South side of East 145th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 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 34 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cardinal McCloskey School and Home for Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  2. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 1 School
    790 feet
  3. Legacy College Preparatory Charter School
    950 feet
Show all 13
  1. Academy of Applied Mathematics and Technology School
    1,020 feet
  2. International Community High School
    1,020 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 224 School
    1,020 feet
  4. Brilla College Preparatory Charter School
    1,130 feet
  5. Sunshine Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  6. Sunshine Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  7. P.S. 277 School
    1,170 feet
  8. The Dennelisse-Lhcsa Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  9. Access Bronx Charter School
    1,260 feet
  10. New York Child Resource Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    650 feet
  2. People's Park
    970 feet
  3. People's Park Playground
    980 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brook Park
    1,130 feet
  2. Friends of Brook Park Community Garden
    1,140 feet
  3. St Mary's Playground West Playground
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hertlein and Schlatter Silk Trimmings Factory Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. C. Rieger's Sons Factory Listed historic place
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. St Marys Park Indoor Swimming Pool
    720 feet
  2. St Marys Recreation Center
    730 feet
  3. Betances VI Community Center
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 401 St Anns Avenue Older adult center
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Brook Avenue or East 145th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.