East 149th Street & Courtlandt Avenue

East 149th Street and Courtlandt Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 66 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 1,836 bus-lane and 1,509 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Creo College Preparatory Charter School is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, 12 of them schools, and 62 places to eat.

Safety record
48 hurt
66 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
500 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
E 149 St/Courtlandt Av · Bx2, Bx19
Within a walk
42 places
12 schools, 10 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    500 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. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 4 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/Courtlandt Av, 70 feet away, for the Bx2 and Bx19.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St/Courtlandt Av Bx2, Bx19
    70 feet
    Bx2 Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx2 …
  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

A marked bike lane runs on Courtlandt Avenue and East 149th Street.

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Courtlandt Ave & E 149 St 23 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 99 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 66 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 48 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 19 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,509 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 546th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 795 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on East 149th Street917447
Westbound on East 149th Street592348
Total1,509795

In 2025, 1,836 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 90th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 199 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets · Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 265 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 61 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 10am to 2pm on East 149th Street (south side).

East side of Courtlandt Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

West side of Courtlandt Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 149th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 10AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-8PM ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 219666, 219667, 219933 and 222166.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1871 and 1919.

  1. Haffen Building Designated landmark
    530 feet
  2. Willis Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church Designated landmark
    570 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
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 12 schools
  • 10 religious buildings
  • 8 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Creo College Preparatory Charter School
    150 feet
  2. Wilson Allen Health Careers Institut Trade or language school
    300 feet
  3. City-Pro Group - Bronx School
    350 feet
Show all 22
  1. Sobro Ctr for Cancer Development The Trade or language school
    350 feet
  2. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    350 feet
  3. Nexus Medical Training Center Trade or language school
    380 feet
  4. Career and Employment Services Trade or language school
    490 feet
  5. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    490 feet
  6. Cudley's Training Program Trade or language school
    490 feet
  7. Brilla Veritas CMS Upper School
    530 feet
  8. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    540 feet
  9. Immaculate Conception School
    860 feet
  10. Brilla Veritas CMS School
    1,020 feet
  11. Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School
    1,020 feet
  12. Bronx Design and Construction Academy School
    1,020 feet
  13. Bronx Haven High School
    1,020 feet
  14. P.S. 018 John Peter Zenger School
    1,150 feet
  15. The Dennelisse-Lhcsa Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  16. P.S. 001 Courtlandt School
    1,200 feet
  17. New York Child Resource Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  18. Zeta Charter School -South Bronx School
    1,280 feet
  19. Zeta Charter Schools - South Bronx School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Neighborhood Advisory Committee Community Garden
    500 feet
  2. Patterson Playground
    710 feet
  3. Clark Playground
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Roberto Clemente Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    770 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dollar Savings Bank Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. East 152nd Street-Courtlandt Avenue Houses Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary House of worship
    590 feet
  2. Mott Haven Reformed Church House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 372 East 152nd Street Older adult center
    1,120 feet
  2. Community center at Patterson Community center
    1,230 feet
  3. Older adult center at 308 East 145th Street Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 41 Fire station · landmark
    430 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    120 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    160 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    940 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    680 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 places to eat and 34 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Courtlandt 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.