East 137th Street & Rider Avenue

East 137th Street and Rider Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Graham Triangle is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them gardens, and eight places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
780 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
3 Av/E 138 St · Bx1, Bx2, Bx21, Bx32
Within a walk
7 places
2 gardens, 2 monuments or memorials and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    780 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
    1,020 feet
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 138 St, 630 feet away, for the Bx1, Bx2, Bx21 and Bx32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 138 St Bx1, Bx2, Bx21, Bx32
    630 feet
    Bx1 Bx2 Bx21 Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …
  3. Bx21 …
  4. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lincoln Ave & E 138 St 26 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 1,120 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 April 2025.

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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 396 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and May 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 137th Street

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

South side of East 137th Street

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

East side of Rider Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Graham Triangle.

  1. Spanish War Memorial Column by Charles Keck, 1919
    400 feet
  2. Bronx Local Board #2 World War Memorial Column, 1921
    630 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Graham Triangle
    450 feet
  2. La Finca del Sur Community Garden
    920 feet
  3. La Finca Del Sur Garden
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. World War I Memorial Monument or memorial
    860 feet
  2. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff Monument or memorial
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 295 East 138th Street Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. 40th Precinct Police station
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    520 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and nine 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 137th 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.