Grand Concourse & East 149th Street

Grand Concourse and East 149th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 111 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 1,296 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Kipp Bronx Charter School III is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, 149 St-Grand Concourse, is about a minute on foot, for the 2, 4 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them schools, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
102 hurt
111 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
149 St-Grand Concourse
90 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Grand Concourse/E 149 St · Bx1
Within a walk
13 places
5 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Concourse & East 149th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 149 St-Grand Concourse, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    90 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
    0.4 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/E 149 St, 50 feet away, for the Bx1.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/E 149 St Bx1
    50 feet
    Bx1

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 149 St & Park Ave 27 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 99 East 149th Street Gas station
    770 feet
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 111 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 100 people injured
  • 2 people killed
  • 13 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2013

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,296 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 627th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 417 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
8 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
40 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,200 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 2016 and 2021.

Since 2014 at least 450 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and August 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Grand Concourse (west side), and as 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 8:30am to 7pm on Grand Concourse (west side).

North side of East 149th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 149th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Grand Concourse

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 5 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 200564, 201356, 201457, 201979, 217578 and 222483.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Modern Classical, and built between 1935 and 1937.

  1. Bronx Post Office Designated landmark
    270 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 college
  • 1 garden
  • 1 hospital
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hostos Community College Children's Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    240 feet
  2. Eugenio Maria Hostos Comm College
    360 feet
  3. Kipp Bronx Charter School III School
    700 feet
Show all 8
  1. Boys Preparatory Charter School of New York School
    830 feet
  2. South Bronx Classical Charter School II MS School
    830 feet
  3. Cardinal Hayes High School
    1,160 feet
  4. Rosalyn Yalow Charter School
    1,160 feet
  5. Bronxworks Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evelina Antonetty Playground
    440 feet
  2. Franz Sigel Park
    890 feet
  3. New Roots Community Farm Garden
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Hospital
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mott Avenue Control House (Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) Subway Control: Thematic Resources Houses Listed historic place
    100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  3. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 149th Street or Grand Concourse.

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