East 145th Street & Wales Avenue

East 145th Street and Wales Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, E 143 St-St Mary's St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them schools, and six places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 143 St-St Mary's St
900 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
1,010 feet
Southern Blvd/143 St · T102
Within a walk
17 places
8 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 145th 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, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. E 143 St-St Mary's St 6
    900 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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/143 St, 1,010 feet away, for the T102.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/143 St T102
    1,010 feet
    T102

Next buses at this stop

  1. T102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East 145th Street.

  • 5 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
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.3 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 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 1920 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2023 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 145th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 145th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Wales Avenue

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

West side of Wales Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 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
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science School
    120 feet
  2. H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School) School
    310 feet
  3. Mott Haven Community High School
    310 feet
Show all 10
  1. Neighborhood Charter School: Bronx School
    510 feet
  2. J. M. Rapport School Career Development School
    640 feet
  3. University Prep Charter Middle School
    640 feet
  4. American Dream Charter School
    700 feet
  5. Academic Leadership Charter Middle School
    810 feet
  6. A House on Beekman Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  7. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 535 Union Avenue Pre-K center
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    560 feet
  2. St Mary's Playground East Playground
    600 feet
  3. I-Am-Park Playground
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. El Jardín de Los Amigos de Moore - Moore Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    570 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 145th Street or Wales Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.