East 137th Street & Willow Avenue

East 137th Street and Willow Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Gouverneur Morris Triangle is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Cypress Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and five places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Willow Avenue.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cypress Av
900 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
E 138 St/Bruckner Blvd · Bx33
Within a walk
3 places
1 park, 1 religious building and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cypress Av, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Cypress Av 6
    900 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. E 143 St-St Mary's St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 138 St/Bruckner Blvd, 350 feet away, for the Bx33.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 138 St/Bruckner Blvd Bx33
    350 feet
    Bx33

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Willow Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 138 St & Willow Ave 18 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 250 Jackson Avenue Gas station
    1,090 feet
  2. 955 East 149th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 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 1905 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 137th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 137th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Willow Avenue

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Willow Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Per Scholas Institute for Technology Trade or language school
    480 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gouverneur Morris Triangle
    700 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

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