East 140th Street & Jackson Avenue

East 140th Street and Jackson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing 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. Gouverneur Morris Triangle is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Cypress Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Jackson Avenue. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cypress Av
620 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
E 138 St/Jackson Av · T102
Within a walk
14 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 140th Street & Jackson 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
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Brook Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 138 St/Jackson Av, 610 feet away, for the T102.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 138 St/Jackson Av T102
    610 feet
    T102

Next buses at this stop

  1. T102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Jackson Avenue.

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 141 St & Jackson Ave 19 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 650 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 285 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    780 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
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and October 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 140th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 140th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Jackson Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 5AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Jackson Avenue

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Academic Leadership Charter School
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 065 Mother Hale Academy School
    820 feet
  3. A House on Beekman Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
Show all 6
  1. Canarsie Children First Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,180 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School – Bronx 5 Lower School
    1,240 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School – Bronx 5 Upper School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gouverneur Morris Triangle
    580 feet
  2. St. Mary's Park
    1,060 feet
  3. St. Luke's Park
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. 138th Street Community Garden
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes RC Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 140th Street or Jackson 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.