Trinity Avenue & Pontiac Place

Trinity Avenue and Pontiac Place meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Mary's Park development. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Saint Mary's Park Community Center is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, four of them gardens, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
790 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
E 149 St/Trinity Av · Bx17, Bx19
Within a walk
22 places
4 gardens, 3 community centers and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Trinity Avenue & Pontiac Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Av, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    790 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. E 149 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Latin American Stories” (2009) by George Crespo at the Jackson Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 149 St/Trinity Av, 560 feet away, for the Bx17 and Bx19.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 149 St/Trinity Av Bx17, Bx19 · Shelter
    560 feet
    Bx17 Bx19
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …
  2. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Westchester Ave & Jackson Ave 25 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

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)
Melrose
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1923 and 1963.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Mary's Park development.

Since 2014 at least 59 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Pontiac Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Pontiac Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Trinity Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 4 gardens
  • 3 community centers
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Storefront Academy Charter School
    290 feet
  2. Sunshine LC of Jackson Ave Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    350 feet
  3. Sunshine Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    350 feet
Show all 5
  1. South Bronx School of Technology Trade or language school
    610 feet
  2. P.S. 5 Port Morris School
    720 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pontiac Playground
    300 feet
  2. St. Mary's Park
    770 feet
  3. Isla Verde Garden
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Classics Bronx Community Garden
    970 feet
  2. Eagle Slope Garden
    1,010 feet
  3. El Jardín de Los Amigos de Moore - Moore Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. E. Robert Moore Houses, Building 1 Listed historic place
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Saint Mary's Park Community Center
    170 feet
  2. Older adult center at 515 Jackson Avenue Older adult center
    960 feet
  3. Community center at Adams Community center
    1,070 feet
Show all 6
  1. Older adult center at 735 East 152nd Street Older adult center
    1,070 feet
  2. Hub Post Office
    1,270 feet
  3. Community center at Saint Mary's Park Community center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    700 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    840 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 16 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pontiac Place or Trinity 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.