Morris Avenue & East 151st Street

Morris Avenue and East 151st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School is 750 feet away, and Bronx Design and Construction Academy is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, 149 St-Grand Concourse, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2, 4 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, six of them schools, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
149 St-Grand Concourse
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Morris Av/E 149 St · Bx32
Within a walk
24 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Avenue & East 151st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    0.3 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-149 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Av/E 149 St, 410 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Av/E 149 St Bx32
    410 feet
    Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morris Ave & E 153 St 19 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 99 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
21 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 between 1974 and 2007.

Since 2014 at least 494 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 151st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO DEPT OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 151st Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Morris Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Morris Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 218735.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1902 and 1903.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Luminous Morris Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School
    750 feet
  3. Bronx Design and Construction Academy School
    750 feet
Show all 11
  1. Bronx Haven High School
    750 feet
  2. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet
  3. P.S. 018 John Peter Zenger School
    1,070 feet
  4. Sobro Ctr for Cancer Development The Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  5. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  6. City-Pro Group - Bronx School
    1,130 feet
  7. Immaculate Conception School
    1,240 feet
  8. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Neighborhood Advisory Committee Community Garden
    1,070 feet
  2. Patterson Playground
    1,140 feet
  3. People Garden - Patterson Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Hospital
    1,200 feet
  2. EMS Station 14 Ambulance station
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Melrose Community center
    1,030 feet
  2. Melrose Community Center
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 41 Fire station · landmark
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    810 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    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 25 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 151st 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.