East 147th Street & Trinity Avenue

East 147th Street and Trinity 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. St. Mary's Park is 30 feet away, and Pontiac Playground is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, E 149 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them schools, and four places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 149 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
E 149 St/Jackson Av · Bx17, Bx19
Within a walk
19 places
8 schools, 3 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 149 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. E 143 St-St Mary's St 6
    0.4 miles
    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 E 149 St/Jackson Av, 840 feet away, for the Bx17 and Bx19.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St/Jackson Av Bx17, Bx19 · Shelter
    840 feet
    Bx17 Bx19
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …
  2. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 149 St & Jackson Ave 23 docks in all
    740 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 955 East 149th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.1 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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 1,600 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 1928 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 62 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 137 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 147th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of East 147th Street

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

East side of Trinity Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Trinity Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academic Leadership Charter Middle School
    460 feet
  2. J. M. Rapport School Career Development School
    550 feet
  3. University Prep Charter Middle School
    550 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 5 Port Morris School
    1,060 feet
  2. H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School) School
    1,140 feet
  3. Mott Haven Community High School
    1,140 feet
  4. Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science School
    1,180 feet
  5. A House on Beekman Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  6. American Dream Charter School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    30 feet
  2. I-Am-Park Playground
    130 feet
  3. El Jardín de Los Amigos de Moore - Moore Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    420 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Mary's Playground East Playground
    740 feet
  2. Pontiac Playground
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. E. Robert Moore Houses, Building 1 Listed historic place
    770 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 515 Jackson Avenue Older adult center
    590 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 147th Street or Trinity 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.