Union Avenue & East 150th Street

Union Avenue and East 150th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 161 Juan Ponce de Leon School is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, E 149 St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Map

Layers
Union Avenue & East 150th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 149 St, 600 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. E 143 St-St Mary's St 6
    0.4 miles
    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, 450 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/E 149 St Bx17 · Shelter
    450 feet
    Bx17
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Ave & E 151 St 21 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.4 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 321 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 108 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 150th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 150th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 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 Northern European Renaissance Revival, and built in 1900.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 025 Bilingual School
    300 feet
  2. United Bronx Parents Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    540 feet
  3. P.S. 161 Juan Ponce de Leon School
    610 feet
Show all 6
  1. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 535 Union Avenue Pre-K center
    620 feet
  2. P.S. 5 Port Morris School
    960 feet
  3. Urban Dove Team Charter School II School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Flamboyan Garden
    40 feet
  2. Fountain Of Youth Playground
    60 feet
  3. Pontiac Playground
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. Isla Verde Garden
    970 feet
  2. Al Quiñones Playground
    1,180 feet
  3. Martin Luther King Triangle
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselms Church Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 73/Ladder 42 Fire station · landmark
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,130 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 150th Street or Union 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.