Wales Avenue & East 152nd Street

Wales Avenue and East 152nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Adams development. The corner is also named Ronney (Venezuela) Vargas Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Anselm School is 640 feet away, and Demera Santiago Garden is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
640 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Westchester Av/Jackson Av · Bx4
Within a walk
27 places
5 playgrounds, 5 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wales Avenue & East 152nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Av, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    640 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
  2. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

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 Westchester Av/Jackson Av, 640 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Jackson Av Bx4
    640 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 152nd Street.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
37 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Ronney (Venezuela) Vargas Place, a co-naming enacted on October 2, 2012 (Local Law 48 of 2012).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 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 1958 and 1964.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Adams development.

Since 2014 at least 195 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Ronney (Venezuela) Vargas Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and May 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 152nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Wales Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Wales Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Neoclassical and Northern European Renaissance Revival, one each. They were built between 1900 and 1912.

  1. Firehouses, Engine Company 73 and Hook & Ladder Company 42 Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 5 playgrounds
  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 community centers
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Anselm School
    640 feet
  2. South Bronx School of Technology Trade or language school
    650 feet
  3. P.S. 161 Juan Ponce de Leon School
    680 feet
Show all 9
  1. Urban Dove Team Charter School II School
    890 feet
  2. Sunshine LC of Jackson Ave Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  3. Sunshine Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    970 feet
  4. Storefront Academy Charter School
    990 feet
  5. P.S. 5 Port Morris School
    1,190 feet
  6. United Bronx Parents Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Isla Verde Garden
    360 feet
  2. Fountain Of Youth Playground
    700 feet
  3. Pontiac Playground
    850 feet
Show all 8
  1. Abigail Playground
    860 feet
  2. Captain Rivera Playground
    930 feet
  3. El Flamboyan Garden
    1,030 feet
  4. Demera Santiago Garden
    1,090 feet
  5. Al Quiñones Playground
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    720 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselms Church Listed historic place
    370 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Adams Community center
    360 feet
  2. Older adult center at 735 East 152nd Street Older adult center
    360 feet
  3. Community center at Saint Mary's Park Community center
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Saint Mary's Park Community Center
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 73/Ladder 42 Fire station
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,240 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 23 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 152nd Street or Wales Avenue.

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 Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.