East 144th Street & Wales Avenue

East 144th Street and Wales Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Neighborhood Charter School: Bronx is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, E 143 St-St Mary's St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them schools, and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1929, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 143 St-St Mary's St
580 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Southern Blvd/143 St · T102
Within a walk
15 places
8 schools, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 143 St-St Mary's St, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. E 143 St-St Mary's St 6
    580 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. E 149 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Cypress Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/143 St, 690 feet away, for the T102.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/143 St T102
    690 feet
    T102

Next buses at this stop

  1. T102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wales Ave & E 147 St 19 docks in all
    800 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. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 955 East 149th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 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 1926 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Road tests only 2 signs NYS ROAD TEST ONLY MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Wales Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Wales Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Medieval Revival, and built between 1931 and 1933.

  1. Samuel Gompers Industrial High School Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Neighborhood Charter School: Bronx School
    170 feet
  2. American Dream Charter School
    370 feet
  3. Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science School
    450 feet
Show all 9
  1. H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School) School
    640 feet
  2. Mott Haven Community High School
    640 feet
  3. A House on Beekman Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  4. J. M. Rapport School Career Development School
    970 feet
  5. University Prep Charter Middle School
    970 feet
  6. Academic Leadership Charter Middle School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    560 feet
  2. St Mary's Playground East Playground
    790 feet
  3. Dog Run in St. Mary's Park Dog run
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. I-Am-Park Playground
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 144th Street or Wales 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.