Southern Boulevard & Union Avenue

Southern Boulevard and Union Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 025 Bilingual School is 710 feet away, and I-Am-Park is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, E 149 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them schools, and 20 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 149 St
630 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Prospect Av/E 149 St · Bx17
Within a walk
16 places
6 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Southern Boulevard & Union Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 149 St, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. E 149 St 6
    630 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
    1,170 feet
    6

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 Prospect Av/E 149 St, 650 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/E 149 St Bx17
    650 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wales Ave & E 147 St 19 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 0.6 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 556 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 147th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 147th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Southern Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Southern Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 535 Union Avenue Pre-K center
    340 feet
  2. H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School) School
    620 feet
  3. Mott Haven Community High School
    620 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 025 Bilingual School
    710 feet
  2. Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science School
    950 feet
  3. J. M. Rapport School Career Development School
    1,180 feet
  4. University Prep Charter Middle School
    1,180 feet
  5. United Bronx Parents Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Flamboyan Garden
    890 feet
  2. Fountain Of Youth Playground
    910 feet
  3. Martin Luther King Triangle
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. I-Am-Park Playground
    1,210 feet
  2. St. Mary's Park
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 147th Street, Southern Boulevard or Union 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.