East 144th Street & Rider Avenue

East 144th Street and Rider Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, 149 St-Grand Concourse, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, four of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
149 St-Grand Concourse
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Morris Av/E 144 St · Bx32
Within a walk
19 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 144th Street & Rider Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 149 St-Grand Concourse, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    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. 3 Av-138 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Av/E 144 St, 360 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Av/E 144 St Bx32 · Shelter
    360 feet
    Bx32
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 0.4 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
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

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
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and December 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Rider Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Rider Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    350 feet
  2. Sunshine LC of Morris Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 1 School
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters School
    880 feet
  2. P.S. 018 John Peter Zenger School
    890 feet
  3. Brilla Veritas CMS School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ryan Triangle
    150 feet
  2. People Garden - Patterson Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    380 feet
  3. Patterson Playground
    490 feet
Show all 4
  1. Evelina Antonetty Playground
    1,170 feet

Health care

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Patterson Community center
    850 feet
  2. Older adult center at 308 East 145th Street Older adult center
    850 feet
  3. Patterson Community Center
    920 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    40 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 144th Street or Rider Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.