East 137th Street & Alexander Avenue

East 137th Street and Alexander Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Mitchel development. The corner lies on the edge of the Mott Haven Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church School stands 130 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
300 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Lincoln Av/E 137 St · Bx1, Bx2
Within a walk
22 places
6 schools, 3 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 137th Street & Alexander Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    300 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
  2. Brook Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lincoln Av/E 137 St, 800 feet away, for the Bx1 and Bx2.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lincoln Av/E 137 St Bx1, Bx2
    800 feet
    Bx1 Bx2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willis Ave & E 137 St 22 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 640 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2527 3rd Avenue Gas station
    1,270 feet
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2019

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,600 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 1961 and 1964.

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

Since 2014 at least 185 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Alexander Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
  • Parallel parking only 2 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

North side of East 137th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of East 137th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Mott Haven Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 52 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1865 and 1888.

  1. St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church School Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    140 feet
  3. St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    250 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
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 2 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brilla College Preparatory Charter Middle School
    170 feet
  2. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    260 feet
  3. P.S. 154 Jonathan D. Hyatt School
    530 feet
Show all 7
  1. South Bronx Classical Charter School II School
    530 feet
  2. Family Life Academy Charter School II School
    990 feet
  3. Academic Leadership CS Upper Es School
    1,010 feet
  4. P.S. 049 Willis Avenue School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lozada Playground
    560 feet
  2. Willis Playground
    850 feet
  3. Graham Triangle
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Alexander's Alley Park
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mott Haven Library
    940 feet
  2. Mott Haven Historic District Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. World War I Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mott Haven Health Center Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff Monument or memorial
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Mitchel Community Center
    210 feet
  2. Older adult center at 295 East 138th Street Older adult center
    530 feet

Fire and police

  1. 40th Precinct Police station · landmark
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Alexander Avenue or East 137th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.