Park Avenue & East 140th Street

Park Avenue and East 140th Street meet at a three-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 138 St-Grand Concourse, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them gardens, and five places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
138 St-Grand Concourse
900 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,030 feet
E 138 St/Grand Concourse · Bx33
Within a walk
9 places
2 gardens, 2 monuments or memorials and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 140th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 138 St-Grand Concourse, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    900 feet
    4 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 4 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Day Into Night Into Day” (2021) by Amy Pryor at the 138 St-Grand Concourse station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 138 St/Grand Concourse, 1,030 feet away, for the Bx33.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 138 St/Grand Concourse Bx33
    1,030 feet
    Bx33

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 138 St & Park Ave 21 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 0.3 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,100 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 2020 and 2024.

Since 2014 at least 156 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 140th Street

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

South side of East 140th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 1 School
    820 feet
  2. The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters School
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Finca del Sur Community Garden
    790 feet
  2. La Finca Del Sur Garden
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Private David W Gentle Memorial Flagstaff Monument or memorial
    1,210 feet
  2. World War I Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Patterson Community Center
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    820 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and eight 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 140th Street or Park 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.