Tinton Avenue & East 147th Street

Tinton Avenue and East 147th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Mott Haven Community High School is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, E 149 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them schools, and 19 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 149 St
920 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
E 149 St/Tinton Av · Bx17, Bx19
Within a walk
19 places
8 schools, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tinton Avenue & East 147th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 149 St, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St 6
    920 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
    1,120 feet
    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 E 149 St/Tinton Av, 600 feet away, for the Bx17 and Bx19.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St/Tinton Av Bx17, Bx19
    600 feet
    Bx17 Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …
  2. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 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
    270 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 588 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and November 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 147th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of East 147th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Tinton Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Tinton Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School) School
    430 feet
  2. Mott Haven Community High School
    430 feet
  3. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 535 Union Avenue Pre-K center
    440 feet
Show all 9
  1. Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science School
    730 feet
  2. P.S. 025 Bilingual School
    810 feet
  3. J. M. Rapport School Career Development School
    890 feet
  4. University Prep Charter Middle School
    890 feet
  5. Academic Leadership Charter Middle School
    1,070 feet
  6. Neighborhood Charter School: Bronx School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Flamboyan Garden
    890 feet
  2. I-Am-Park Playground
    920 feet
  3. St. Mary's Park
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. El Jardín de Los Amigos de Moore - Moore Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,020 feet
  2. Fountain Of Youth Playground
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 515 Jackson Avenue Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    540 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 147th Street or Tinton Avenue.

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