Melrose Avenue & East 159th Street

Melrose Avenue and East 159th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Yolanda García Park is 50 feet away, and the Division 6/Engine 71/Ladder 55 firehouse is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Melrose Av/E 158 St · Bx41
Within a walk
40 places
12 religious buildings, 11 gardens and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Melrose Avenue & East 159th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.5 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 158 St, 140 feet away, for the Bx41.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Melrose Av/E 158 St Bx41
    140 feet
    Bx41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Melrose Avenue.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 158 St & Melrose Ave 23 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 390 East 161st Street Gas station
    660 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 2000 and 2009.

Since 2014 at least 769 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 159th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 159th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Melrose Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Melrose Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 11 gardens
  • 4 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Salvation Army Bronx Citadel Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    270 feet
  2. Bronx Sky Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet
  3. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Yolanda García Park
    50 feet
  2. 159th Street Community Garden
    160 feet
  3. Jardin la Roca Garden
    490 feet
Show all 18
  1. Rays of Sunshine Community Garden (Family Group Garden) Garden
    510 feet
  2. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health Garden
    560 feet
  3. Melrose New Generation Community Garden
    560 feet
  4. Courtlandt Avenue Community Garden
    570 feet
  5. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    620 feet
  6. La Isla USA Garden
    640 feet
  7. Latinos Unidos Garden
    640 feet
  8. Dolorinda Lisante Community Garden
    730 feet
  9. Melrose Commons Park
    770 feet
  10. El Coqui Liberation Community Garden
    900 feet
  11. O'Neill Triangle Park
    970 feet
  12. Railroad Park
    1,040 feet
  13. Flynn Playground
    1,090 feet
  14. Railroad Park Playground
    1,160 feet
  15. Vogue Community Garden
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 55 Ambulance station
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Reformed Church of Melrose Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters and Pauls Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Morissania Air Rights Community center
    1,080 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3135 Park Avenue Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #7 Police station
    940 feet
  2. Division 6/Engine 71/Ladder 55 Fire station
    1,100 feet
  3. 42nd Precinct Police station
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 159th Street or Melrose Avenue.

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