Brook Avenue & East 146th Street

Brook Avenue and East 146th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Betances VI Community Center is 590 feet away, and People's Park is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Saint Ann'S Av/E 146 St · Bx17
Within a walk
28 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brook Avenue & East 146th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.3 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, 630 feet away, for the Bx17.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Brook Ave & E 148 St 20 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at St Anns Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.5 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
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 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 114 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Brook Avenue

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

North side of East 146th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 146th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial Revival and Italian Renaissance Revival, one each, and built between 1895 and 1913.

  1. Public School 27 Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cardinal McCloskey School and Home for Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    220 feet
  2. P.S. 277 School
    910 feet
  3. The Dennelisse-Lhcsa Trade or language school
    950 feet
Show all 9
  1. New York Child Resource Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  2. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 1 School
    1,050 feet
  3. Legacy College Preparatory Charter School
    1,220 feet
  4. Academy of Applied Mathematics and Technology School
    1,280 feet
  5. International Community High School
    1,280 feet
  6. P.S./I.S. 224 School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    670 feet
  2. St Mary's Playground West Playground
    940 feet
  3. People's Park
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. People's Park Playground
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Betances VI Community Center
    590 feet
  2. St Marys Recreation Center
    900 feet
  3. St Marys Park Indoor Swimming Pool
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 401 St Anns Avenue Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Brook Avenue or East 146th 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.