East 142nd Street & Rider Avenue

East 142nd Street and Rider 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. Patterson Playground is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them schools, and five places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Morris Av/E 142 St · Bx32
Within a walk
15 places
3 schools, 2 community centers and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 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. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 4 5
  2. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Av/E 142 St, 440 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Av/E 142 St Bx32
    440 feet
    Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morris Ave & E 142 St 23 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2527 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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 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 July 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 142nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 142nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Rider Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sunshine LC of Morris Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    150 feet
  2. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    590 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 1 School
    640 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters School
    640 feet
  2. P.S. 018 John Peter Zenger School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ryan Triangle
    390 feet
  2. People Garden - Patterson Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    620 feet
  3. Patterson Playground
    730 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 14 Ambulance station
    850 feet
  2. Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Hospital
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Patterson Community Center
    680 feet
  2. Older adult center at 308 East 145th Street Older adult center
    1,090 feet
  3. Community center at Patterson Community center
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and nine 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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