East 139th Street & Walnut Avenue

East 139th Street and Walnut Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The nearest subway, Cypress Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and two places to eat. Within 820 feet are 12 homes, mostly built in 1905, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cypress Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
E 138 St/Walnut Av · Bx33
Within a walk
1 place
1 trade or language school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 139th Street & Walnut Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cypress Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Cypress Av 6
    0.4 miles
    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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 138 St/Walnut Av, 360 feet away, for the Bx33.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 138 St/Walnut Av Bx33
    360 feet
    Bx33

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Walnut Ave & E 136 St 17 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 250 Jackson Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2022.

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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 12 homes, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1905.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 139th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 139th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Walnut Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM

West side of Walnut Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Per Scholas Institute for Technology Trade or language school
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, 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 139th Street or Walnut Avenue.

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