Park Avenue & East 144th Street

Park Avenue and East 144th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Patterson Playground is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, 149 St-Grand Concourse, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, five of them schools, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
149 St-Grand Concourse
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Grand Concourse/E 144 St · Bx1
Within a walk
20 places
5 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 149 St-Grand Concourse, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    1,160 feet
    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. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    4 5
  2. 3 Av-138 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/E 144 St, 560 feet away, for the Bx1.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/E 144 St Bx1
    560 feet
    Bx1

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Concourse & E 144 St 23 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 99 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2014
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2023

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 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 2014 and 2020.

Since 2014 at least 277 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 59 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and January 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  2. Sunshine LC of Morris Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. Eugenio Maria Hostos Comm College
    1,070 feet
Show all 9
  1. Hostos Community College Children's Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,010 feet
  2. Family Life Academy Charter School III School
    1,140 feet
  3. Community School for Social Justice School
    1,250 feet
  4. Health Opportunities High School
    1,250 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 1 School
    1,260 feet
  6. The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ryan Triangle
    610 feet
  2. Evelina Antonetty Playground
    720 feet
  3. People Garden - Patterson Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. Patterson Playground
    950 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mott Avenue Control House (Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) Subway Control: Thematic Resources Houses Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  2. Bronx Central Annex-U.S. Post Office Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Patterson Community center
    1,310 feet
  2. Older adult center at 308 East 145th Street Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    500 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 144th Street 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.