East 135th Street & Canal Place

East 135th Street and Canal Place meet at a three-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. La Finca Del Sur is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, 138 St-Grand Concourse, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them gardens, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
138 St-Grand Concourse
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
E 136 St/Lincoln Av · Bx21, Bx32
Within a walk
3 places
2 gardens and 1 park, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 138 St-Grand Concourse, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    1,320 feet
    4 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Day Into Night Into Day” (2021) by Amy Pryor at the 138 St-Grand Concourse station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 136 St/Lincoln Av, 810 feet away, for the Bx21 and Bx32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 136 St/Lincoln Av Bx21, Bx32
    810 feet
    Bx21 Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …
  2. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lincoln Ave & E 134 St 17 docks in all
    1,010 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2527 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 2018 and 2021.

Since 2014 at least 278 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Princeton' American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Canal Place

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 48 HOUR PARKING DETACHED TRAILERS
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Canal Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of East 135th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of East 135th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Graham Triangle.

  1. Spanish War Memorial Column by Charles Keck, 1919
    770 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Finca Del Sur Garden
    720 feet
  2. La Finca del Sur Community Garden
    820 feet
  3. Graham Triangle
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and five 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.