Jackson Avenue & East 144th Street

Jackson Avenue and East 144th Street meet at a three-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. St. Mary's Park is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, E 143 St-St Mary's St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, ten of them schools, and one place to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Jackson Avenue.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 143 St-St Mary's St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
1,210 feet
Southern Blvd/143 St · T102
Within a walk
18 places
10 schools, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jackson Avenue & East 144th 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.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  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
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. E 149 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/143 St, 1,210 feet away, for the T102.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/143 St T102
    1,210 feet
    T102

Next buses at this stop

  1. T102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Jackson Avenue.

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 955 East 149th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

North side of East 144th Street

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

South side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Jackson Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. A House on Beekman Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  2. American Dream Charter School
    260 feet
  3. Neighborhood Charter School: Bronx School
    570 feet
Show all 11
  1. Academic Leadership Charter Middle School
    620 feet
  2. J. M. Rapport School Career Development School
    710 feet
  3. University Prep Charter Middle School
    710 feet
  4. Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science School
    860 feet
  5. H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School) School
    1,160 feet
  6. Mott Haven Community High School
    1,160 feet
  7. Academic Leadership Charter School
    1,290 feet
  8. P.S. 065 Mother Hale Academy School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    30 feet
  2. St Mary's Playground East Playground
    270 feet
  3. Dog Run in St. Mary's Park Dog run
    510 feet
Show all 5
  1. I-Am-Park Playground
    590 feet
  2. El Jardín de Los Amigos de Moore - Moore Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 515 Jackson Avenue Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and eight 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 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.