East 147th Street & Wales Avenue

East 147th Street and Wales Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Samuel Gompers Industrial High School stands 300 feet away. The nearest subway, E 149 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, ten of them schools, and 11 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 149 St
1,180 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
E 149 St/Wales Av · Bx17, Bx19
Within a walk
24 places
10 schools, 4 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 149 St, 1,180 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St 6
    1,180 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
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

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/Wales Av, 570 feet away, for the Bx17 and Bx19.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …
  2. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 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
    30 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
    1,300 feet
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 342 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 147th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of East 147th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Wales Avenue

  • No parking 8 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 9 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
    300 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School) School
    430 feet
  2. Mott Haven Community High School
    430 feet
  3. Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science School
    470 feet
Show all 11
  1. J. M. Rapport School Career Development School
    630 feet
  2. University Prep Charter Middle School
    630 feet
  3. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 535 Union Avenue Pre-K center
    700 feet
  4. Academic Leadership Charter Middle School
    800 feet
  5. Neighborhood Charter School: Bronx School
    980 feet
  6. P.S. 025 Bilingual School
    1,070 feet
  7. P.S. 5 Port Morris School
    1,150 feet
  8. American Dream Charter School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. I-Am-Park Playground
    660 feet
  2. St. Mary's Park
    740 feet
  3. El Jardín de Los Amigos de Moore - Moore Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    760 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Mary's Playground East Playground
    1,080 feet
  2. El Flamboyan Garden
    1,150 feet
  3. Pontiac Playground
    1,150 feet
  4. Isla Verde Garden
    1,290 feet
  5. Fountain Of Youth Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. E. Robert Moore Houses, Building 1 Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    800 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 19 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 147th 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.