Jackson Avenue & East 142nd Street

Jackson Avenue and East 142nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 065 Mother Hale Academy is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, E 143 St-St Mary's St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them schools, and two places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Jackson Avenue.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 143 St-St Mary's St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
1,170 feet
Southern Blvd/143 St · T102
Within a walk
12 places
5 schools, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jackson Avenue & East 142nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 143 St-St Mary's St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. E 143 St-St Mary's St 6
    1,100 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Cypress Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/143 St, 1,170 feet away, for the T102.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/143 St T102
    1,170 feet
    T102

Next buses at this stop

  1. T102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Jackson Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Mary's St & Jackson Ave 18 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 285 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 142nd Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 142nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Jackson Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Jackson Avenue

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. A House on Beekman Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  2. Academic Leadership Charter School
    670 feet
  3. P.S. 065 Mother Hale Academy School
    670 feet
Show all 6
  1. American Dream Charter School
    880 feet
  2. Neighborhood Charter School: Bronx School
    920 feet
  3. Academic Leadership Charter Middle School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    350 feet
  2. Dog Run in St. Mary's Park Dog run
    760 feet
  3. St Mary's Playground East Playground
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. I-Am-Park Playground
    1,210 feet
  2. Gouverneur Morris Triangle
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and six 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 142nd Street or Jackson 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.