East 138th Street & Canal Street West

East 138th Street and Canal Street West 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. The column “Spanish War Memorial” is 740 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 seven public places, two of them gardens, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
138 St-Grand Concourse
400 feet · 2 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
E 138 St/Grand Concourse · Bx33
Within a walk
7 places
2 gardens, 2 monuments or memorials and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 138 St-Grand Concourse, 400 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
    400 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
    800 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 E 138 St/Grand Concourse, 530 feet away, for the Bx33.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 138 St/Grand Concourse Bx33
    530 feet
    Bx33

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 138th Street.

  • 19 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
    150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 500 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 109 East 138th Street Gas station
    810 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 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 July 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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,100 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 2024.

Since 2014 at least 371 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of Canal Street West

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Canal Street West

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of East 138th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

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
    700 feet
  2. Spanish War Memorial Column by Charles Keck, 1919
    740 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. La Finca del Sur Community Garden
    300 feet
  2. La Finca Del Sur Garden
    340 feet
  3. Graham Triangle
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 295 East 138th Street Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. 40th Precinct Police station
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    530 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and eight 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Canal Street West or East 138th Street.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.