Brook Avenue & East 156th Street

Brook Avenue and East 156th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Vogue Community Garden is 580 feet away, and Police Service Area #7 is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, eight of them gardens, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
3 Av/E 157 St · Bx21
Within a walk
31 places
8 gardens, 6 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brook Avenue & East 156th 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 eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  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. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

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 3 Av/E 157 St, 570 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 157 St Bx21
    570 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 156 St & Brook Ave 19 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at St Anns Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 1991 and 2009.

Since 2014 at least 248 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the cherry and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brook Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 11 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 156th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • 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 31 public places.

  • 8 gardens
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Northside Center for Child Development - Bronx Early Head Start Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    700 feet
  2. East 156 Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
  3. Brilla Veritas Charter School
    890 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  2. P.S. 157 Grove Hill School
    940 feet
  3. NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (Aeci) School
    1,010 feet
  4. Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School
    1,050 feet
  5. University Heights Secondary School
    1,050 feet
  6. Tiny Tunes Day Care Bergen Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo Garden
    230 feet
  2. Flynn Playground
    410 feet
  3. Vogue Community Garden
    580 feet
Show all 11
  1. El Batey Borincano Garden
    1,080 feet
  2. Latinos Unidos Garden
    1,100 feet
  3. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    1,180 feet
  4. Grove Hill Community Garden
    1,190 feet
  5. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    1,220 feet
  6. Magnolia Tree Community Garden
    1,230 feet
  7. Grove Hill Playground
    1,240 feet
  8. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at La Central Public space
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Casita Rincon Criollo Listed historic place
    380 feet
  2. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    530 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    800 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #7 Police station
    1,140 feet
  2. Division 6/Engine 71/Ladder 55 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    370 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    870 feet
  3. CTown 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 eight 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 of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brook Avenue or East 156th 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.