East 147th Street & Bergen Avenue

East 147th Street and Bergen Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Haffen Building, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 200 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
570 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Willis Av/E 146 St · M125
Within a walk
38 places
12 religious buildings, 10 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 147th Street & Bergen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    570 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Una Raza, Un Mundo, Universo (One Race, One World, One Universe)” (1996) by José Ortega at the 3 Av-149 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Willis Av/E 146 St, 200 feet away, for the M125.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Willis Av/E 146 St M125
    200 feet
    M125

Next buses at this stop

  1. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 147th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 147 St & Bergen Ave 25 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 408 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and December 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bergen Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 147th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, Classical Revival and Italian Renaissance Revival, one each, and built between 1901 and 1919.

  1. Willis Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. Haffen Building Designated landmark
    200 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Roberto Clemente Plaza.

  1. Para Roberto Sculpture by Melissa Calderón, 2019
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 10 schools
  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brilla Veritas CMS Upper School
    400 feet
  2. The Dennelisse-Lhcsa Trade or language school
    410 feet
  3. New York Child Resource Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    540 feet
Show all 19
  1. Nexus Medical Training Center Trade or language school
    670 feet
  2. Legacy College Preparatory Charter School
    710 feet
  3. Sunshine Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  4. Sunshine Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  5. Wilson Allen Health Careers Institut Trade or language school
    770 feet
  6. Career and Employment Services Trade or language school
    820 feet
  7. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    820 feet
  8. Cudley's Training Program Trade or language school
    820 feet
  9. Creo College Preparatory Charter School
    870 feet
  10. South Bronx Preparatory: a College Board School
    940 feet
  11. The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology: X223 School
    940 feet
  12. Access Bronx Charter School
    950 feet
  13. Brilla Veritas CMS School
    1,070 feet
  14. Brilla College Preparatory Charter School
    1,110 feet
  15. Zeta Charter School -South Bronx School
    1,140 feet
  16. Zeta Charter Schools - South Bronx School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clark Playground
    920 feet
  2. Willis Avenue Community Garden (Bronx Community & Cultural Garden) Garden
    970 feet
  3. Patterson Playground
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Roberto Clemente Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    430 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dollar Savings Bank Listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. C. Rieger's Sons Factory Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. Hertlein and Schlatter Silk Trimmings Factory Listed historic place
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mott Haven Reformed Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary House of worship
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    770 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    830 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 27 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 Bergen Avenue or East 147th Street.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.