Gerard Avenue & East 144th Street

Gerard Avenue and East 144th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Family Life Academy Charter School III is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, 149 St-Grand Concourse, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2, 4 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them schools, and six places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
149 St-Grand Concourse
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Grand Concourse/E 144 St · Bx1
Within a walk
8 places
4 schools, 1 college and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gerard Avenue & East 144th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 149 St-Grand Concourse, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    1,230 feet
    2 4 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 4 …
  3. 5 …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 4 …
  3. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/E 144 St, 660 feet away, for the Bx1.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/E 144 St Bx1
    660 feet
    Bx1

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Gerard Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Gerard Ave & E 146 St 19 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 99 East 149th Street Gas station
    1,010 feet
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 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 2020 and 2025.

Since 2014 at least 771 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Gerard Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 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

West side of Gerard Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Family Life Academy Charter School III School
    320 feet
  2. Community School for Social Justice School
    540 feet
  3. Health Opportunities High School
    540 feet
Show all 6
  1. Kipp Bronx Charter School III School
    800 feet
  2. Eugenio Maria Hostos Comm College
    960 feet
  3. Hostos Community College Children's Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evelina Antonetty Playground
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Shopping centers

  1. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and three 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 144th 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.