Bruckner Boulevard & East 135th Street at Cypress Avenue

Bruckner Boulevard, East 135th Street and Cypress Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Mill Brook Extension development. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Millbrook Playground is 190 feet away, and Firehouse, Engine Company 83 and Hook & Ladder 29 stands 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Cypress Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them gardens, and four places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cypress Av
980 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
E 135 St/Cypress Av · Bx17
Within a walk
12 places
3 gardens, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bruckner Boulevard & East 135th Street at Cypress Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cypress Av, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Cypress Av 6
    980 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Brook Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 135 St/Cypress Av, 70 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 135 St/Cypress Av Bx17
    70 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 138 St & Cypress Ave 23 docks in all
    800 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at St Anns Avenue, 1,010 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 163 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    at this corner
  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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Mill Brook Extension development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

West side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 6AM-6:30AM

East side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of East 135th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 135th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1904 and 1905.

  1. Firehouse, Engine Company 83 and Hook & Ladder 29 Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Canarsie Children First Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    690 feet
  2. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bruckner Mott Haven Garden
    190 feet
  2. Millbrook Playground
    190 feet
  3. Playground One Thirty Four CXXXIV Park
    610 feet
Show all 6
  1. United We Stand Garden (Sunflower / Girasol) Garden
    670 feet
  2. St. Luke's Park
    770 feet
  3. 138th Street Community Garden
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes RC Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Mill Brook Community Center
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 83/Ladder 29 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodfest Depot Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bruckner Boulevard, Cypress Avenue, East 135th Street or Major Deegan Expressway.

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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.