East 149th Street & Trinity Avenue

East 149th Street and Trinity 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, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 5 Port Morris is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
E 149 St/Trinity Av · Bx17, Bx19
Within a walk
24 places
8 schools, 4 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Av, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    1,310 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. 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, 40 feet away, for the Bx17 and Bx19.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St/Trinity Av Bx17, Bx19 · Shelter
    40 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 149 St & Jackson Ave 23 docks in all
    270 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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)
Melrose
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1931 and 1963.

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

Since 2014 at least 91 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 149th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-8PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Trinity Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Trinity Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 5 Port Morris School
    590 feet
  2. Storefront Academy Charter School
    810 feet
  3. Sunshine LC of Jackson Ave Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
Show all 11
  1. Sunshine Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    880 feet
  2. Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science School
    950 feet
  3. I.S. 584 School
    950 feet
  4. University Prep Charter High School
    950 feet
  5. Academic Leadership Charter Middle School
    1,100 feet
  6. South Bronx School of Technology Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  7. J. M. Rapport School Career Development School
    1,180 feet
  8. University Prep Charter Middle School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    250 feet
  2. The Classics Bronx Community Garden
    450 feet
  3. El Jardín de Los Amigos de Moore - Moore Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    550 feet
Show all 6
  1. Pontiac Playground
    620 feet
  2. I-Am-Park Playground
    950 feet
  3. Eagle Slope Garden
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,110 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 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 149th Street or Trinity 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.