Southern Boulevard & East 149th Street

Southern Boulevard and East 149th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 025 Bilingual School is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, E 149 St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
28 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 149 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Southern Blvd/E 149 St · Bx19, T102
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Southern Boulevard & East 149th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 149 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St 6
    80 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. E 143 St-St Mary's St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx River” (2023) by Glenn Goldberg at the E 149 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/E 149 St, 70 feet away, for the Bx19 and T102.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/E 149 St Bx19, T102
    70 feet
    Bx19 T102

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …
  2. T102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Southern Blvd & E 149 St 27 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 28 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 May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
40 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 567 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 149th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 149th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Southern Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Southern Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 025 Bilingual School
    520 feet
  2. United Bronx Parents Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
  3. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 535 Union Avenue Pre-K center
    690 feet
Show all 6
  1. H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School) School
    1,240 feet
  2. Mott Haven Community High School
    1,240 feet
  3. P.S. 161 Juan Ponce de Leon School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martin Luther King Triangle
    590 feet
  2. El Flamboyan Garden
    710 feet
  3. Fountain Of Youth Playground
    720 feet
Show all 4
  1. Al Quiñones Playground
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 73/Ladder 42 Fire station
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    310 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 25 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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 149th Street or Southern Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.