East 148th Street & Bergen Avenue

East 148th Street and Bergen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Willis Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 330 feet away, and Clark Playground is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 49 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
East 148th Street & Bergen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 380 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    380 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 E 149 St/Bergen Av, 310 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St/Bergen Av Bx19 · Shelter
    310 feet
    Bx19
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bergen Avenue and East 148th Street.

  • 36 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
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.9 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
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 424 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bergen Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Bergen Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 148th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of East 148th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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. Haffen Building Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. Willis Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church Designated landmark
    330 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
    220 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. New York Child Resource Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    250 feet
  2. Nexus Medical Training Center Trade or language school
    600 feet
  3. Brilla Veritas CMS Upper School
    690 feet
Show all 18
  1. Career and Employment Services Trade or language school
    640 feet
  2. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    640 feet
  3. Cudley's Training Program Trade or language school
    640 feet
  4. The Dennelisse-Lhcsa Trade or language school
    700 feet
  5. Wilson Allen Health Careers Institut Trade or language school
    700 feet
  6. Creo College Preparatory Charter School
    800 feet
  7. Zeta Charter School -South Bronx School
    850 feet
  8. Zeta Charter Schools - South Bronx School
    850 feet
  9. Legacy College Preparatory Charter School
    1,000 feet
  10. Sunshine Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  11. Sunshine Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  12. Tiny Tunes Day Care Bergen Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
  13. South Bronx Preparatory: a College Board School
    1,220 feet
  14. The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology: X223 School
    1,220 feet
  15. Access Bronx Charter School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Patterson Playground
    1,180 feet
  2. Clark Playground
    1,200 feet
  3. Willis Avenue Community Garden (Bronx Community & Cultural Garden) Garden
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. Neighborhood Advisory Committee Community Garden
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Roberto Clemente Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dollar Savings Bank Listed historic place
    430 feet
  2. C. Rieger's Sons Factory Listed historic place
    550 feet
  3. Hertlein and Schlatter Silk Trimmings Factory Listed historic place
    680 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary House of worship
    830 feet
  2. Mott Haven Reformed Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    590 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    650 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 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 49 places to eat and 25 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 Bergen Avenue or East 148th 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.