East 138th Street & Bruckner Expressway

East 138th Street and Bruckner Expressway meet at a five-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 4,026 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. St. Luke's Park is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Cypress Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them gardens, and six places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along East 138th Street.

Safety record
16 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cypress Av
320 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
E 138 St/Bruckner Blvd · Bx33
Within a walk
9 places
2 gardens, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 138th Street & Bruckner Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cypress Av, 320 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Cypress Av 6
    320 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
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Brook Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 138 St/Bruckner Blvd, 250 feet away, for the Bx33.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 138th Street.

  • 14 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
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 730 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 4,026 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 47th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,937 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 50 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bruckner Boulevard

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

West side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of East 138th Street

  • Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 2 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 138th Street

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Per Scholas Institute for Technology Trade or language school
    790 feet
  2. Canarsie Children First Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gouverneur Morris Triangle
    110 feet
  2. St. Luke's Park
    850 feet
  3. 138th Street Community Garden
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. United We Stand Garden (Sunflower / Girasol) Garden
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes RC Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 83/Ladder 29 Fire station
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 11 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bruckner Boulevard Bike Path, Bruckner Expressway or East 138th Street.

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