East 140th Street & Willis Avenue

East 140th Street and Willis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Mott Haven development. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Willis Playground is 60 feet away, and St Peters Lutheran Church is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Willis Av/E 140 St · M125
Within a walk
37 places
11 religious buildings, 11 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 140th Street & Willis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    1,280 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Brook Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Willis Av/E 140 St, 120 feet away, for the M125.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Willis Av/E 140 St M125
    120 feet
    M125

Next buses at this stop

  1. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Willis Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willis Ave & E 141 St 19 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 164 Willis Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1963.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Mott Haven development.

Since 2014 at least 152 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 140th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 140th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Willis Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 114 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1883 and 1893.

  1. St. Peter's German Evangelical Lutheran Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. Third Baptist Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    600 feet
  3. Third Baptist Church (Tercera Iglesia Bautista) Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 11 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 049 Willis Avenue School
    200 feet
  2. Academic Leadership CS Upper Es School
    680 feet
  3. P.S. 179 Pre-K
    790 feet
Show all 15
  1. Academy of Exploratory Arts School
    790 feet
  2. Young Leaders Elementary School
    790 feet
  3. Access Bronx Charter School
    1,060 feet
  4. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  5. Sunshine Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  6. Sunshine Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  7. South Bronx Preparatory: a College Board School
    1,270 feet
  8. The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology: X223 School
    1,270 feet
  9. Academy of Applied Mathematics and Technology School
    1,290 feet
  10. International Community High School
    1,290 feet
  11. P.S./I.S. 224 School
    1,290 feet
  12. Legacy College Preparatory Charter School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willis Playground
    60 feet
  2. Alexander's Alley Park
    750 feet
  3. Saw Mill Playground
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. Willis Avenue Community Garden (Bronx Community & Cultural Garden) Garden
    840 feet
  2. Friends of Brook Park Community Garden
    920 feet
  3. Brook Park
    990 feet
  4. Lozada Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mott Haven Historic District Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. Mott Haven Health Center Listed historic place
    930 feet
  3. Mott Haven Library Landmark
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters Lutheran Church Landmark
    420 feet

Fire and police

  1. 40th Precinct Police station
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 140th Street or Willis Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.