Major Deegan Expressway & Lincoln Avenue

Major Deegan Expressway and Lincoln Avenue 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. The column “Spanish War Memorial” is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them schools, and 17 places to eat. About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
860 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
E 136 St/Lincoln Av · Bx21, Bx32
Within a walk
16 places
6 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Major Deegan Expressway & Lincoln Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    860 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 136 St/Lincoln Av, 340 feet away, for the Bx21 and Bx32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 136 St/Lincoln Av Bx21, Bx32
    340 feet
    Bx21 Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …
  2. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Lincoln Avenue.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lincoln Ave & E 134 St 17 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 1,020 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2527 3rd Avenue Gas station
    1,200 feet
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    1,020 feet

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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2022.

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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 709 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as American Round Arch. They were built between 1885 and 1895.

  1. Estey Piano Company Factory Designated landmark
    310 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Graham Triangle.

  1. Spanish War Memorial Column by Charles Keck, 1919
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem RBI Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  2. Dream Charter High School
    880 feet
  3. Dream Charter School Mott Haven School
    880 feet
Show all 8
  1. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  2. P.S. 154 Jonathan D. Hyatt School
    1,000 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School II School
    1,000 feet
  4. South Bronx Charter School Middle-Senior High School
    1,010 feet
  5. South Bronx Charter High School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Graham Triangle
    630 feet
  2. Lozada Playground
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 2401 Third Avenue Public space
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. World War I Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,100 feet
  2. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff Monument or memorial
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Workforce1 Industrial & Transportation Career Center Career or business center
    750 feet
  2. Mitchel Community Center
    1,210 feet
  3. Older adult center at 295 East 138th Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,030 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lincoln Avenue or Major Deegan Expressway.

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