East 135th Street & Lincoln Avenue

East 135th Street and Lincoln Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Mitchel development. Between 2021 and 2025, 61 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 146 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Bronx Workforce1 Industrial & Transportation Career Center is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them schools, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
53 hurt
61 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
800 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
E 136 St/Lincoln Av · Bx21, Bx32
Within a walk
17 places
7 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 135th Street & Lincoln Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    800 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 136 St/Lincoln Av, 280 feet away, for the Bx21 and Bx32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …
  2. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 135th Street and Lincoln Avenue.

  • 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
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 1,070 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2527 3rd Avenue Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    960 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 61 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 53 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 146 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 167th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 735 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 Mitchel development.

Since 2014 at least 709 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 135th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 135th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lincoln Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Lincoln Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as American Round Arch. They were built between 1885 and 1895.

  1. Estey Piano Company Factory Designated landmark
    360 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem RBI Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  2. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
  3. Dream Charter High School
    940 feet
Show all 9
  1. Dream Charter School Mott Haven School
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 154 Jonathan D. Hyatt School
    940 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School II School
    940 feet
  4. South Bronx Charter School Middle-Senior High School
    1,070 feet
  5. South Bronx Charter High School
    1,180 feet
  6. Brilla College Preparatory Charter Middle School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Graham Triangle
    570 feet
  2. Lozada Playground
    1,020 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 2401 Third Avenue Public space
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. World War I Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,040 feet
  2. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff Monument or memorial
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Workforce1 Industrial & Transportation Career Center Career or business center
    800 feet
  2. Mitchel Community Center
    1,150 feet
  3. Older adult center at 295 East 138th Street Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 135th Street or Lincoln Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.