East 149th Street & Wales Avenue

East 149th Street and Wales Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. The corner is also named Israel Martinez Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 025 Bilingual School is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, E 149 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, nine of them schools, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 149 St
920 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
E 149 St/Wales Av · Bx17, Bx19
Within a walk
27 places
9 schools, 4 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 149 St, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

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/Wales Av, 40 feet away, for the Bx17 and Bx19.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St/Wales 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

  • 27 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
    570 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
    740 feet
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018
  • Turn calming, May 2024

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

This corner is also named Israel Martinez Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 397 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American basswood and the littleleaf linden.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Israel Martinez Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 149th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 149th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Wales Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Wales Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 217841 and 222757.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 025 Bilingual School
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 5 Port Morris School
    600 feet
  3. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 535 Union Avenue Pre-K center
    740 feet
Show all 13
  1. H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School) School
    970 feet
  2. Mott Haven Community High School
    970 feet
  3. Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science School
    1,020 feet
  4. P.S. 161 Juan Ponce de Leon School
    1,090 feet
  5. Sunshine LC of Jackson Ave Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  6. Sunshine Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,140 feet
  7. J. M. Rapport School Career Development School
    1,170 feet
  8. University Prep Charter Middle School
    1,170 feet
  9. South Bronx School of Technology Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  10. Storefront Academy Charter School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pontiac Playground
    600 feet
  2. El Flamboyan Garden
    600 feet
  3. Fountain Of Youth Playground
    740 feet
Show all 8
  1. Isla Verde Garden
    740 feet
  2. El Jardín de Los Amigos de Moore - Moore Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    800 feet
  3. St. Mary's Park
    1,040 feet
  4. I-Am-Park Playground
    1,210 feet
  5. The Classics Bronx Community Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 515 Jackson Avenue Older adult center
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 32 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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