East 149th Street & Eagle Avenue

East 149th Street and Eagle Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Classics Bronx Community Garden is 250 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 19 public places, five of them schools, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
E 149 St/Saint Ann'S Av · Bx17, Bx19
Within a walk
19 places
5 schools, 3 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 149th Street & Eagle 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. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. E 149 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

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/Saint Ann'S Av, 320 feet away, for the Bx17 and Bx19.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St/Saint Ann'S Av Bx17, Bx19 · Shelter
    320 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

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

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

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    740 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 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.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 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)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
29 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1952 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 155 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Eagle Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Eagle Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of East 149th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science School
    430 feet
  2. I.S. 584 School
    430 feet
  3. University Prep Charter High School
    430 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 277 School
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 5 Port Morris School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    50 feet
  2. The Classics Bronx Community Garden
    250 feet
  3. Eagle Slope Garden
    610 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Mary's Playground West Playground
    1,010 feet
  2. El Jardín de Los Amigos de Moore - Moore Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,010 feet
  3. Pontiac Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 515 Jackson Avenue Older adult center
    900 feet
  2. Hub Post Office
    980 feet
  3. Saint Mary's Park Community Center
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Betances VI Community Center
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    950 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Eagle 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.