Exterior Street & East 138th Street at Major Deegan Expressway

Exterior Street, East 138th Street and Major Deegan Expressway meet at a five-way junction in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. La Finca Del Sur is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, 138 St-Grand Concourse, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them schools, and one place to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
138 St-Grand Concourse
510 feet · 2 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
E 138 St/Grand Concourse · Bx33
Within a walk
5 places
3 schools and 2 gardens, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Exterior Street & East 138th Street at Major Deegan Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 138 St-Grand Concourse, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    510 feet
    4 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 4 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Day Into Night Into Day” (2021) by Amy Pryor at the 138 St-Grand Concourse station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 138 St/Grand Concourse, 380 feet away, for the Bx33.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 138 St/Grand Concourse Bx33
    380 feet
    Bx33

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 138 St & Grand Concourse 20 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Gerard Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 390 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 109 East 138th Street Gas station
    350 feet
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 800 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 2020 and 2024.

Since 2014 at least 156 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 138th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 138th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Exterior Street

  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens

Schools and child care

  1. Community School for Social Justice School
    1,150 feet
  2. Health Opportunities High School
    1,150 feet
  3. Family Life Academy Charter School III School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Finca Del Sur Garden
    490 feet
  2. La Finca del Sur Community Garden
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 138th Street, Exterior Street or Major Deegan Expressway.

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