East 136th Street & Rider Avenue

East 136th Street and Rider Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The column “Spanish War Memorial” is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them gardens, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
E 136 St/Lincoln Av · Bx21, Bx32
Within a walk
6 places
2 gardens, 2 monuments or memorials and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    1,100 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
    0.3 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 136 St/Lincoln Av, 510 feet away, for the Bx21 and Bx32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …
  2. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lincoln Ave & E 138 St 26 docks in all
    930 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
    1,240 feet
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    1,210 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 February 2023.

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
8 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 314 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Princeton' American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

North side of East 136th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of East 136th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Rider Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

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
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Graham Triangle
    740 feet
  2. La Finca Del Sur Garden
    1,020 feet
  3. La Finca del Sur Community Garden
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. World War I Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,170 feet
  2. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff Monument or memorial
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    840 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and six 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 136th Street or Rider Avenue.

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.