Jackson Avenue & East 139th Street

Jackson Avenue and East 139th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Academic Leadership Charter School is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Cypress Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them schools, and six places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Jackson Avenue. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cypress Av
360 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
E 138 St/Jackson Av · T102
Within a walk
14 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jackson Avenue & East 139th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cypress Av, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Cypress Av 6
    360 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. E 143 St-St Mary's St 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Brook Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 138 St/Jackson Av, 350 feet away, for the T102.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 138 St/Jackson Av T102
    350 feet
    T102

Next buses at this stop

  1. T102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Jackson Avenue.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 141 St & Jackson Ave 19 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 920 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 285 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    1,040 feet
  2. 955 East 149th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10454
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 139th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 139th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 5AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Jackson Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 5AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Jackson Avenue

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Canarsie Children First Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    920 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School – Bronx 5 Lower School
    970 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School – Bronx 5 Upper School
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. Academic Leadership Charter School
    1,080 feet
  2. P.S. 065 Mother Hale Academy School
    1,080 feet
  3. Per Scholas Institute for Technology Trade or language school
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gouverneur Morris Triangle
    320 feet
  2. St. Luke's Park
    970 feet
  3. 138th Street Community Garden
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. United We Stand Garden (Sunflower / Girasol) Garden
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes RC Church House of worship
    880 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 83/Ladder 29 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 139th Street or Jackson Avenue.

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