East 149th Street & Austin Place

East 149th Street and Austin Place meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Martin Luther King Triangle is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, E 149 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 149 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Southern Blvd/E 149 St · Bx19, T102
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 garden and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 149th Street & Austin Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 149 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. E 149 St 6
    520 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

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, 640 feet away, for the Bx19 and T102.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …
  2. T102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 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
    600 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2019.

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 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 545 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Austin Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of Austin Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 149th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 149th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 025 Bilingual School
    1,130 feet
  2. United Bronx Parents Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet
  3. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 535 Union Avenue Pre-K center
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martin Luther King Triangle
    80 feet
  2. El Flamboyan Garden
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    910 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,040 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 16 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Austin Place or East 149th Street.

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.