Southern Boulevard & East 144th Street

Southern Boulevard and East 144th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Samuel Gompers Industrial High School stands 560 feet away. The nearest subway, E 143 St-St Mary's St, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them schools, and two places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1929, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 143 St-St Mary's St
290 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Southern Blvd/143 St · T102
Within a walk
13 places
7 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Southern Boulevard & East 144th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 143 St-St Mary's St, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. E 143 St-St Mary's St 6
    290 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. E 149 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Cypress Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/143 St, 400 feet away, for the T102.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/143 St T102
    400 feet
    T102

Next buses at this stop

  1. T102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Southern Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Southern Blvd & E 142 St 23 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 955 East 149th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10454
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 300 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 1926 and 1929.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the swamp white oak and the white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and December 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Road tests only 2 signs NYS ROAD TEST ONLY MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Southern Boulevard

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Southern Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Medieval Revival, and built between 1931 and 1933.

  1. Samuel Gompers Industrial High School Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Neighborhood Charter School: Bronx School
    460 feet
  2. H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School) School
    650 feet
  3. Mott Haven Community High School
    650 feet
Show all 9
  1. American Dream Charter School
    660 feet
  2. Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science School
    730 feet
  3. A House on Beekman Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  4. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 535 Union Avenue Pre-K center
    1,220 feet
  5. J. M. Rapport School Career Development School
    1,250 feet
  6. University Prep Charter Middle School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    850 feet
  2. St Mary's Playground East Playground
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    620 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 144th Street or Southern Boulevard.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.