East 135th Street & Brown Place

East 135th Street and Brown Place meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 043 Jonas Bronck is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Brook Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1956, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brook Av
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
E 135 St/St Ann'S Av · Bx17
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 135th Street & Brown Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brook Av, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Brook Av 6
    1,030 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 135 St/St Ann'S Av, 870 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 135 St/St Ann'S Av Bx17
    870 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 135 St & St Ann's Ave 23 docks in all
    830 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at St Anns Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 164 Willis Avenue Gas station
    890 feet
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 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 1931 and 1956.

Since 2014 at least 170 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brown Place

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

West side of Brown Place

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

North side of East 135th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 28 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, and mostly built between 1891 and 1895.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 043 Jonas Bronck School
    150 feet
  2. Mott Haven Academy Charter School
    260 feet
  3. Mott Haven Charter School
    260 feet
Show all 5
  1. Luminous Early Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  2. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wanaqua Garden
    220 feet
  2. Ranaqua Playground
    220 feet
  3. Lozada Playground
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Mill Brook Community Center
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Foodfest Depot Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets 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 20 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brown Place or East 135th 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.