East 149th Street & Jackson Avenue

East 149th Street and Jackson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. The corner is also named Lou ‘Big Lou’ Torres Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. I-Am-Park is 680 feet away, and St Mary's Playground East is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, nine of them schools, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
E 149 St/Jackson Av · Bx17, Bx19
Within a walk
30 places
9 schools, 4 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Av, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    1,160 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. E 149 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. E 143 St-St Mary's St 6
    0.5 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/Jackson Av, 120 feet away, for the Bx17 and Bx19.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St/Jackson Av Bx17, Bx19 · Shelter
    120 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

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Jackson Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 149 St & Jackson Ave 23 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Lou ‘Big Lou’ Torres Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2021 (Local Law 14 of 2021).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 98 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the willow oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Lou ‘Big Lou’ Torres Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and September 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 149th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-8PM ALL DAYS

South side of East 149th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - NOV 30 THURSDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-8PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Jackson Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 221574.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 5 Port Morris School
    320 feet
  2. Sunshine LC of Jackson Ave Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  3. Sunshine Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    610 feet
Show all 13
  1. Storefront Academy Charter School
    720 feet
  2. Academic Leadership Charter Middle School
    830 feet
  3. South Bronx School of Technology Trade or language school
    870 feet
  4. J. M. Rapport School Career Development School
    910 feet
  5. University Prep Charter Middle School
    910 feet
  6. P.S. 025 Bilingual School
    1,050 feet
  7. Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science School
    1,230 feet
  8. I.S. 584 School
    1,230 feet
  9. University Prep Charter High School
    1,230 feet
  10. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 535 Union Avenue Pre-K center
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Jardín de Los Amigos de Moore - Moore Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    280 feet
  2. Pontiac Playground
    350 feet
  3. St. Mary's Park
    520 feet
Show all 9
  1. I-Am-Park Playground
    680 feet
  2. The Classics Bronx Community Garden
    720 feet
  3. Isla Verde Garden
    1,090 feet
  4. St Mary's Playground East Playground
    1,110 feet
  5. El Flamboyan Garden
    1,120 feet
  6. Fountain Of Youth Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. E. Robert Moore Houses, Building 1 Listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. Jackson Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 515 Jackson Avenue Older adult center
    390 feet
  2. Saint Mary's Park Community Center
    960 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

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

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, NYC Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.