East 144th Street & Anthony J Griffin Place

East 144th Street and Anthony J Griffin Place 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. Evelina Antonetty Playground is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, 149 St-Grand Concourse, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
149 St-Grand Concourse
980 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Grand Concourse/E 144 St · Bx1
Within a walk
16 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 144th Street & Anthony J Griffin Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 149 St-Grand Concourse, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    980 feet
    2 4 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 4 …
  3. 5 …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 4 …
  3. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    4 5
  2. 3 Av-138 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/E 144 St, 370 feet away, for the Bx1.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/E 144 St Bx1
    370 feet
    Bx1

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Concourse & E 144 St 23 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 99 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 between 2020 and 2024.

Since 2014 at least 385 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the swamp white oak.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hostos Community College Children's Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    820 feet
  2. Eugenio Maria Hostos Comm College
    890 feet
  3. Family Life Academy Charter School III School
    950 feet
Show all 7
  1. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  2. Sunshine LC of Morris Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. Community School for Social Justice School
    1,070 feet
  4. Health Opportunities High School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evelina Antonetty Playground
    530 feet
  2. Ryan Triangle
    800 feet
  3. People Garden - Patterson Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Patterson Playground
    1,130 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 14 Ambulance station
    960 feet
  2. Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Hospital
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mott Avenue Control House (Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) Subway Control: Thematic Resources Houses Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Bronx Central Annex-U.S. Post Office Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    680 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here 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 Anthony J Griffin Place or East 144th Street.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.