East 138th Street & Alexander Avenue

East 138th Street and Alexander Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Mitchel development. The corner lies inside the Mott Haven Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 40 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. A designated landmark, 40th Precinct Police Station Garage, stands 130 feet away, and Mitchel Community Center is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
40 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
E 138 St/Lincoln Av · Bx33
Within a walk
23 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 138th Street & Alexander Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    80 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
  2. Brook Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 138 St/Lincoln Av, 540 feet away, for the Bx33.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 138 St/Lincoln Av Bx33
    540 feet
    Bx33

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 138th Street.

  • 49 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
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 920 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2527 3rd Avenue Gas station
    990 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 40 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2023
  • Turn calming, August 2026

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,700 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 1961 and 1964.

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

Since 2014 at least 175 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 71 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on East 138th Street (north side).

East side of Alexander Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
  • Parallel parking only 4 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

West side of Alexander Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Back-in parking only 8 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 201219.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Mott Haven Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 71 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French neo-Grec, and built between 1840 and 1924.

  1. 40th Precinct Police Station Garage Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    180 feet
  3. St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    180 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 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
    320 feet
  2. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    540 feet
  3. Family Life Academy Charter School II School
    710 feet
Show all 7
  1. Academic Leadership CS Upper Es School
    730 feet
  2. P.S. 154 Jonathan D. Hyatt School
    820 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School II School
    820 feet
  4. P.S. 049 Willis Avenue School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willis Playground
    570 feet
  2. Graham Triangle
    700 feet
  3. Lozada Playground
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. Alexander's Alley Park
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mott Haven Library Landmark
    660 feet
  2. Mott Haven Historic District Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. World War I Memorial Monument or memorial
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mott Haven Health Center Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff Monument or memorial
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. 40th Precinct Police station · landmark
    180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    820 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Alexander Avenue or East 138th Street.

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