East 136th Street & Cypress Avenue

East 136th Street and Cypress Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Mill Brook development. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bruckner Mott Haven Garden is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Cypress Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them gardens, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cypress Av
740 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
E 135 St/Cypress Av · Bx17
Within a walk
15 places
3 gardens, 3 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 136th Street & Cypress Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cypress Av, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Cypress Av 6
    740 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, 230 feet away, for the Bx17.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at St Anns Avenue, 1,250 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 163 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    220 feet
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,700 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 1961.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 136th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 136th Street

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

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
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Canarsie Children First Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    440 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School – Bronx 5 Lower School
    1,260 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School – Bronx 5 Upper School
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. A Kids Space to Dream Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bruckner Mott Haven Garden
    140 feet
  2. Millbrook Playground
    170 feet
  3. United We Stand Garden (Sunflower / Girasol) Garden
    430 feet
Show all 7
  1. St. Luke's Park
    530 feet
  2. 138th Street Community Garden
    530 feet
  3. Playground One Thirty Four CXXXIV Park
    860 feet
  4. Gouverneur Morris Triangle
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes RC Church House of worship
    770 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 570 East 137th Street Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 83/Ladder 29 Fire station
    820 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Cypress Avenue or East 136th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.