East 135th Street & Canal Street West

East 135th Street and Canal Street West meet at a three-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. La Finca Del Sur is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, 138 St-Grand Concourse, is about four 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 five places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
138 St-Grand Concourse
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
970 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 Street West Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 138 St-Grand Concourse, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    1,150 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, 970 feet away, for the Bx21 and Bx32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …
  2. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 138 St & Park Ave 21 docks in all
    910 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 1,250 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 109 East 138th Street 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 one crash 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 July 2024.

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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 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 2022.

Since 2014 at least 218 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and May 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Canal Street West

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Canal Street West

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

North side of East 135th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    560 feet
  2. La Finca del Sur Community Garden
    660 feet
  3. Graham Triangle
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Canal Street West 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.