Exterior Street & East 140th Street

Exterior Street and East 140th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Community School for Social Justice is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 138 St-Grand Concourse, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them schools. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2021 and 2025, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
138 St-Grand Concourse
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
E 138 St/Grand Concourse · Bx33
Within a walk
6 places
3 schools, 2 gardens and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Exterior Street & East 140th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 138 St-Grand Concourse, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    1,000 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. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 4 5
  2. 3 Av-138 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

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, 870 feet away, for the Bx33.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Gerard Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 1,010 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 109 East 138th Street Gas station
    1,140 feet
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 2021 and 2025.

Since 2014 at least 320 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 140th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of East 140th Street

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

East side of Exterior Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Gerard Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Gerard Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Community School for Social Justice School
    330 feet
  2. Health Opportunities High School
    330 feet
  3. Family Life Academy Charter School III School
    470 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Finca Del Sur Garden
    980 feet
  2. La Finca del Sur Community Garden
    1,050 feet
  3. Evelina Antonetty Playground
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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 140th Street, Exterior Street or Gerard Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.