East 149th Street & Cauldwell Avenue

East 149th Street and Cauldwell Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Mary's Park development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St. Mary's Park is 60 feet away, and Public School 27 stands 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
E 149 St/Trinity Av · Bx17, Bx19
Within a walk
25 places
7 schools, 5 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Latin American Stories” (2009) by George Crespo at the Jackson Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 149 St/Trinity Av, 140 feet away, for the Bx17 and Bx19.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St/Trinity Av Bx17, Bx19 · Shelter
    140 feet
    Bx17 Bx19
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …
  2. Bx19 …

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

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 149 St & Eagle Ave 19 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    480 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2022

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)
Melrose
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1937 and 1963.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Mary's Park development.

Since 2014 at least 81 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 115 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cauldwell Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Cauldwell Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of East 149th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial Revival, and built between 1895 and 1897.

  1. Public School 27 Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science School
    690 feet
  2. I.S. 584 School
    690 feet
  3. University Prep Charter High School
    690 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 5 Port Morris School
    860 feet
  2. P.S. 277 School
    1,080 feet
  3. Storefront Academy Charter School
    1,080 feet
  4. Sunshine LC of Jackson Ave Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  5. Sunshine Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,150 feet
  6. Academic Leadership Charter Middle School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    60 feet
  2. The Classics Bronx Community Garden
    180 feet
  3. El Jardín de Los Amigos de Moore - Moore Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    750 feet
Show all 7
  1. Eagle Slope Garden
    870 feet
  2. Pontiac Playground
    890 feet
  3. I-Am-Park Playground
    1,150 feet
  4. St Mary's Playground West Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 515 Jackson Avenue Older adult center
    650 feet
  2. Saint Mary's Park Community Center
    790 feet
  3. Hub Post Office
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    850 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.