East 156th Street & Courtlandt Avenue

East 156th Street and Courtlandt Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Jackson development. The corner is also named Sergeant Jose Velez Avenue by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 129 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. NYRP Members Garden (Dalia Group) is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Melrose Av/E 156 St · Bx41
Within a walk
31 places
9 gardens, 8 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 156th Street & Courtlandt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Una Raza, Un Mundo, Universo (One Race, One World, One Universe)” (1996) by José Ortega at the 3 Av-149 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Melrose Av/E 156 St, 580 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Melrose Av/E 156 St Bx41
    580 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 156 St & Courtlandt Ave 23 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 129 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,714th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 98 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Sergeant Jose Velez Avenue, a co-naming enacted on December 20, 2010 (Local Law 3 of 2011).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,200 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 1960.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Jackson development.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sergeant Jose Velez Avenue.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 72 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Courtlandt Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Courtlandt Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 11 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 156th Street

  • Back-in parking only 8 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Firehouse Engine Co. 41.

  1. Fire hat Relief by David Saunders, 1994
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 9 gardens
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./M.S. 029 Melrose School
    260 feet
  2. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  3. P.S. 001 Courtlandt School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. NYRP Members Garden (Dalia Group) Garden
    130 feet
  2. Melrose Houses Community Garden - Melrose Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    220 feet
  3. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    310 feet
Show all 11
  1. Melrose Playground
    310 feet
  2. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    590 feet
  3. Dolorinda Lisante Community Garden
    670 feet
  4. Courtlandt Avenue Community Garden
    690 feet
  5. Vogue Community Garden
    970 feet
  6. Latinos Unidos Garden
    1,140 feet
  7. 159th Street Community Garden
    1,190 feet
  8. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 55 Ambulance station
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. East 152nd Street-Courtlandt Avenue Houses Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 325 East 156th Street Older adult center
    250 feet
  2. Community center at Melrose Community center
    260 feet
  3. Melrose Community Center
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 372 East 152nd Street Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #7 Police station
    520 feet
  2. Division 6/Engine 71/Ladder 55 Fire station
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 19 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 Courtlandt Avenue or East 156th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.