East 138th Street & Canal Place

East 138th Street and Canal Place meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. La Finca del Sur Community Garden is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, 138 St-Grand Concourse, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them gardens, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
138 St-Grand Concourse
550 feet · 2 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
3 Av/E 138 St · Bx1, Bx2, Bx21, Bx32
Within a walk
10 places
2 gardens, 2 monuments or memorials and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 138th Street & Canal Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 138 St-Grand Concourse, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    550 feet
    4 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    640 feet
    6
  2. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 4 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Day Into Night Into Day” (2021) by Amy Pryor at the 138 St-Grand Concourse station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 138 St, 510 feet away, for the Bx1, Bx2, Bx21 and Bx32.

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

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 138th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 138 St & Park Ave 21 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 650 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2527 3rd Avenue Gas station
    780 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 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 2017 and 2020.

Since 2014 at least 334 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Canal Place

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 48 HOUR PARKING DETACHED TRAILERS
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 6AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Canal Place

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 138th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 138th Street

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

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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
    550 feet
  2. Spanish War Memorial Column by Charles Keck, 1919
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 1 School
    1,210 feet
  2. The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Finca del Sur Community Garden
    450 feet
  2. La Finca Del Sur Garden
    500 feet
  3. Graham Triangle
    610 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 295 East 138th Street Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Fire and police

  1. 40th Precinct Police station
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    380 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Place 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.