East 149th Street & Bergen Avenue

East 149th Street and Bergen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 3,794 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Roberto Clemente Plaza is 490 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 31 public places, eight of them trade or language schools, and 55 places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
260 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
E 149 St/Bergen Av · Bx4
Within a walk
31 places
8 trade or language schools, 7 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 149th Street & Bergen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    260 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    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, 40 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St/Bergen Av Bx4
    40 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

East 149th Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 8pm, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bergen Avenue.

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Melrose Ave & E 150 St 31 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.4 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 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018
  • Turn calming, May 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,794 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 51st most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 2,855 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 705 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bergen Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Bergen Avenue

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 149th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-8PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 149th Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 200693 and 200871.

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
    570 feet
  2. Willis Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church Designated landmark
    640 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
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Career and Employment Services Trade or language school
    470 feet
  2. Zeta Charter School -South Bronx School
    520 feet
  3. Zeta Charter Schools - South Bronx School
    520 feet
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  1. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    470 feet
  2. Cudley's Training Program Trade or language school
    470 feet
  3. New York Child Resource Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  4. Nexus Medical Training Center Trade or language school
    830 feet
  5. Tiny Tunes Day Care Bergen Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  6. Creo College Preparatory Charter School
    880 feet
  7. Wilson Allen Health Careers Institut Trade or language school
    940 feet
  8. Brilla Veritas CMS Upper School
    1,020 feet
  9. The Dennelisse-Lhcsa Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  10. Immaculate Conception School
    1,150 feet
  11. City-Pro Group - Bronx School
    1,180 feet
  12. Sobro Ctr for Cancer Development The Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  13. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Neighborhood Advisory Committee Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  2. St. Mary's Park
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Roberto Clemente Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    490 feet
  2. Public space at La Central Public space
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dollar Savings Bank Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. C. Rieger's Sons Factory Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Hertlein and Schlatter Silk Trimmings Factory Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary House of worship
    700 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 41 Fire station
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    420 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    480 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 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 55 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bergen Avenue or East 149th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.