East 142nd Street & Powers Avenue

East 142nd Street and Powers Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St. Mary's Park is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, E 143 St-St Mary's St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them schools, and two places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 143 St-St Mary's St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Southern Blvd/143 St · T102
Within a walk
11 places
4 schools, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 142nd Street & Powers Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 143 St-St Mary's St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. E 143 St-St Mary's St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Cypress Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/143 St, 0.3 miles away, for the T102.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/143 St T102
    0.3 miles
    T102

Next buses at this stop

  1. T102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Mary's St & Jackson Ave 18 docks in all
    540 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. 285 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 955 East 149th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 142nd Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 142nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Powers Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Academic Leadership Charter School
    410 feet
  2. P.S. 065 Mother Hale Academy School
    410 feet
  3. A House on Beekman Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
Show all 5
  1. American Dream Charter School
    1,140 feet
  2. Neighborhood Charter School: Bronx School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    340 feet
  2. Dog Run in St. Mary's Park Dog run
    500 feet
  3. St Mary's Playground South Playground
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Mary's Playground East Playground
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and six 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 142nd Street or Powers 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.