Morris Avenue & Park Avenue

Morris Avenue and Park Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Melrose development. The corner is also named Brandon Hendricks-Ellison Boulevard by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Melrose Community Center is 190 feet away, and Dolorinda Lisante Community Garden is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, 149 St-Grand Concourse, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 2, 4 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places and three places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
149 St-Grand Concourse
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 2, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Morris Av/E 156 St · Bx32
Within a walk
22 places
6 schools, 3 community centers and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Morris Avenue & Park Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    0.5 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 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morris Av/E 156 St, 30 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morris Av/E 156 St Bx32
    30 feet
    Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Concourse Village East & E 158 St 31 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
16 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
40 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Brandon Hendricks-Ellison Boulevard, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2021 (Local Law 14 of 2021).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,000 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 1952 and 1964.

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

Trees

Four trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the mulberry.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Brandon Hendricks-Ellison Boulevard.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 113 signs on these blocks
  • 23 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Concourse Village East

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

West side of Concourse Village East

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY LAW DEPARTMENT MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDRENS SERVICES MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE TRIALS & HEARINGS
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 156th Street

  • Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 156th Street

  • Back-in parking only 8 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Kipp Academy Charter School
    550 feet
  2. P.S./M.S. 031 the William Lloyd Garrison School
    550 feet
  3. Luminous Morris Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S./M.S. 029 Melrose School
    1,130 feet
  2. Concourse Village Elementary School Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  3. Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls Charter School
    1,180 feet
  4. South Bronx Literacy Academy School
    1,180 feet
  5. South Bronx Classical Charter School IV School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Melrose Houses Community Garden - Melrose Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    600 feet
  2. Melrose Playground
    840 feet
  3. NYRP Members Garden (Dalia Group) Garden
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 29 Ballfield Playground
    1,180 feet
  2. Dolorinda Lisante Community Garden
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 55 Ambulance station
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Epworth United Methodist Church House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Melrose Community Center
    190 feet
  2. Older adult center at 325 East 156th Street Older adult center
    890 feet
  3. Community center at Melrose Community center
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. Older adult center at 3135 Park Avenue Older adult center
    1,190 feet
  2. Community center at Morissania Air Rights Community center
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    650 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Concourse Plaza Shopping center
    810 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Concourse Village East, East 156th Street, Morris Avenue or Park 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, NYC Records, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.