Park Avenue & East 149th Street

Park Avenue and East 149th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 41 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Bronx Post Office stands 520 feet away. The nearest subway, 149 St-Grand Concourse, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2, 4 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
31 hurt
41 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
149 St-Grand Concourse
580 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
E 149 St/Grand Concourse · Bx2, Bx19, BX92
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 149th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 149 St-Grand Concourse, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    580 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. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.5 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 149 St/Grand Concourse, 510 feet away, for the Bx2, Bx19 and BX92.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St/Grand Concourse Bx2, Bx19, BX92
    510 feet
    Bx2 Bx19 BX92

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx2 …
  2. Bx19 …
  3. BX92 …

Live arrivals

East 149th Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 8pm, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 149 St & Park Ave 27 docks in all
    70 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. 99 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 41 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 31 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2013
  • Turn calming, April 2021
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2024

About this corner

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

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 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 1974.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 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
  • 18 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and January 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 149th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 149th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - NOV 30 TUESDAY FRIDAY 6AM-5PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Park Avenue

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 201217 and 221221.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Modern Classical, and built between 1935 and 1937.

  1. Bronx Post Office Designated landmark
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hostos Community College Children's Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
  2. Eugenio Maria Hostos Comm College
    980 feet
  3. P.S. 018 John Peter Zenger School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evelina Antonetty Playground
    1,060 feet
  2. Patterson Playground
    1,310 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mott Avenue Control House (Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) Subway Control: Thematic Resources Houses Listed historic place
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    970 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,250 feet
  2. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 149th Street or Park Avenue.

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