Morris Avenue & East 144th Street

Morris Avenue and East 144th Street meet at a three-way junction in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Patterson development. The corner is also named Gregory C. Nichols Sr. Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Ryan Triangle is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 149 St-Grand Concourse, is about seven 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 22 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
149 St-Grand Concourse
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Morris Av/E 144 St · Bx32
Within a walk
21 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Avenue & East 144th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 149 St-Grand Concourse, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    0.4 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. 3 Av-138 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Av/E 144 St, 50 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Av/E 144 St Bx32 · Shelter
    50 feet
    Bx32
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morris Ave & E 142 St 23 docks in all
    510 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Gregory C. Nichols Sr. Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,300 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 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Gregory C. Nichols Sr. Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and February 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Morris Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    40 feet
  2. P.S. 018 John Peter Zenger School
    570 feet
  3. Sunshine LC of Morris Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
Show all 6
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 1 School
    940 feet
  2. The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters School
    940 feet
  3. Brilla Veritas CMS School
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ryan Triangle
    40 feet
  2. People Garden - Patterson Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    70 feet
  3. Patterson Playground
    180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Clark Playground
    1,060 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 14 Ambulance station
    760 feet
  2. Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Hospital
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mott Haven Reformed Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 14/Engine 60/Ladder 17 Fire station
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,060 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 24 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 144th Street or Morris Avenue.

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