East 149th Street & Tinton Avenue

East 149th Street and Tinton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Fountain Of Youth Playground is 480 feet away, and St Anselms Church is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, E 149 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them schools, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 149 St
660 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
E 149 St/Tinton Av · Bx17, Bx19
Within a walk
21 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 149 St, 660 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St 6
    660 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. E 143 St-St Mary's St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx River” (2023) by Glenn Goldberg at the E 149 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 149 St/Tinton Av, 50 feet away, for the Bx17 and Bx19.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St/Tinton Av Bx17, Bx19
    50 feet
    Bx17 Bx19

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Southern Blvd & E 149 St 27 docks in all
    720 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
    1,010 feet
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

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 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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 348 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 149th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 149th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Tinton Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Tinton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 201020.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 025 Bilingual School
    260 feet
  2. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 535 Union Avenue Pre-K center
    480 feet
  3. P.S. 161 Juan Ponce de Leon School
    820 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 5 Port Morris School
    860 feet
  2. H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School) School
    980 feet
  3. Mott Haven Community High School
    980 feet
  4. United Bronx Parents Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  5. Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Flamboyan Garden
    330 feet
  2. Fountain Of Youth Playground
    480 feet
  3. Pontiac Playground
    860 feet
Show all 7
  1. Isla Verde Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. El Jardín de Los Amigos de Moore - Moore Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,060 feet
  3. Martin Luther King Triangle
    1,220 feet
  4. St. Mary's Park
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. E. Robert Moore Houses, Building 1 Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselms Church Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 515 Jackson Avenue Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,090 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 31 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 Tinton 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.