East 147th Street & Timpson Place

East 147th Street and Timpson Place 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. Martin Luther King Triangle is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, E 149 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them schools, and 14 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 149 St
820 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Southern Blvd/E 149 St · Bx19, T102
Within a walk
8 places
4 schools, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 147th Street & Timpson Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 149 St, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. E 149 St 6
    820 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. E 143 St-St Mary's St 6
    1,300 feet
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx River” (2023) by Glenn Goldberg at the E 149 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/E 149 St, 940 feet away, for the Bx19 and T102.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/E 149 St Bx19, T102
    940 feet
    Bx19 T102

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …
  2. T102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Southern Blvd & E 149 St 27 docks in all
    900 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 556 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 147th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 147th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Timpson Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Timpson Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

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
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School) School
    810 feet
  2. Mott Haven Community High School
    810 feet
  3. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 535 Union Avenue Pre-K center
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science School
    1,110 feet
  2. P.S. 025 Bilingual School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martin Luther King Triangle
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,210 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    460 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 147th Street or Timpson Place.

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.