East 138th Street & Willow Avenue

East 138th Street and Willow Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. United We Stand Garden (Sunflower / Girasol) is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Cypress Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them gardens, and seven places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cypress Av
620 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
E 138 St/Bruckner Blvd · Bx33
Within a walk
7 places
2 gardens, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cypress Av, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Cypress Av 6
    620 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
    0.5 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 138 St/Bruckner Blvd, 70 feet away, for the Bx33.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 11 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
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 880 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 250 Jackson Avenue Gas station
    640 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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 1 person killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 138th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Willow Avenue

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Willow Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Per Scholas Institute for Technology Trade or language school
    490 feet
  2. Canarsie Children First Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gouverneur Morris Triangle
    420 feet
  2. St. Luke's Park
    1,150 feet
  3. 138th Street Community Garden
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. United We Stand Garden (Sunflower / Girasol) Garden
    1,290 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 138th 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.