Morris Avenue & East 142nd Street

Morris Avenue and East 142nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Patterson development. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Patterson Community Center is 340 feet away, and World War I Memorial is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Morris Av/E 142 St · Bx32
Within a walk
21 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Avenue & East 142nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 4 5
  2. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Av/E 142 St, 100 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Av/E 142 St Bx32
    100 feet
    Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morris Ave & E 142 St 23 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2527 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2024

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)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 in 1950.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Patterson development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 142nd Street

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

South side of East 142nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Morris Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sunshine LC of Morris Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 1 School
    500 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters School
    500 feet
  2. P.S. 018 John Peter Zenger School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ryan Triangle
    330 feet
  2. People Garden - Patterson Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    510 feet
  3. Patterson Playground
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. Clark Playground
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 14 Ambulance station
    1,190 feet
  2. Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Hospital
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff Monument or memorial
    1,050 feet
  2. World War I Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Patterson Community Center
    340 feet
  2. Older adult center at 308 East 145th Street Older adult center
    980 feet
  3. Community center at Patterson Community center
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    580 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 142nd Street or Morris Avenue.

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