Major Deegan Expressway & Exterior Street at East 144th Street

Major Deegan Expressway, Exterior Street and East 144th Street meet at a five-way junction 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. Community School for Social Justice is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, 149 St-Grand Concourse, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them schools, and two places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
149 St-Grand Concourse
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
E 149 St/Exterior St · Bx19
Within a walk
7 places
4 schools, 1 college and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Major Deegan Expressway & Exterior Street at East 144th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 149 St-Grand Concourse, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    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
  2. 145 St 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 149 St/Exterior St, 820 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St/Exterior St Bx19
    820 feet
    Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Gerard Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 99 East 149th Street Gas station
    1,270 feet
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,100 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 494 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2024 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Exterior Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Family Life Academy Charter School III School
    580 feet
  2. Community School for Social Justice School
    750 feet
  3. Health Opportunities High School
    750 feet
Show all 6
  1. Kipp Bronx Charter School III School
    1,070 feet
  2. Bronxworks Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  3. Eugenio Maria Hostos Comm College
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evelina Antonetty Playground
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.5 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
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 144th Street, Exterior Street or Major Deegan Expressway.

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