Melrose Avenue & East 155th Street

Melrose Avenue and East 155th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 38 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The relief “Fire hat” is 60 feet away, and Yolanda García Park is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, eight of them gardens, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Melrose Av/E 155 St · Bx41
Within a walk
28 places
8 gardens, 7 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Melrose Avenue & East 155th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Una Raza, Un Mundo, Universo (One Race, One World, One Universe)” (1996) by José Ortega at the 3 Av-149 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Melrose Av/E 155 St, 30 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Melrose Av/E 155 St Bx41
    30 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Melrose Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Melrose Ave & E 154 St 19 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 38 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,851st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 52 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 155th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 155th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Melrose Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Melrose Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Firehouse Engine Co. 41.

  1. Fire hat Relief by David Saunders, 1994
    60 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 8 gardens
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    230 feet
  2. P.S./M.S. 029 Melrose School
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    410 feet
  2. NYRP Members Garden (Dalia Group) Garden
    490 feet
  3. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    530 feet
Show all 12
  1. Melrose Playground
    610 feet
  2. Vogue Community Garden
    690 feet
  3. Latinos Unidos Garden
    860 feet
  4. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    940 feet
  5. Melrose Houses Community Garden - Melrose Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    990 feet
  6. Courtlandt Avenue Community Garden
    1,000 feet
  7. Yolanda García Park
    1,130 feet
  8. 159th Street Community Garden
    1,250 feet
  9. Flynn Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. East 152nd Street-Courtlandt Avenue Houses Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Melrose Community center
    730 feet
  2. Older adult center at 325 East 156th Street Older adult center
    1,020 feet
  3. Older adult center at 372 East 152nd Street Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 6/Engine 71/Ladder 55 Fire station
    110 feet
  2. Police Service Area #7 Police station
    260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 25 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 155th Street or Melrose Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.