Wales Avenue & St Marys Street

Wales Avenue and St Marys Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. American Dream Charter School is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, E 143 St-St Mary's St, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them schools, and one place to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1929, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 143 St-St Mary's St
260 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Southern Blvd/143 St · T102
Within a walk
12 places
7 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wales Avenue & St Marys Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 143 St-St Mary's St, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. E 143 St-St Mary's St 6
    260 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. E 149 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Cypress Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/143 St, 370 feet away, for the T102.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/143 St T102
    370 feet
    T102

Next buses at this stop

  1. T102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Mary's St & Jackson Ave 18 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 285 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 955 East 149th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 September 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10454
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mott Haven-Port Morris
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of St Marys Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of St Marys Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Wales Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Wales Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Neighborhood Charter School: Bronx School
    280 feet
  2. American Dream Charter School
    590 feet
  3. A House on Beekman Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
Show all 8
  1. Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science School
    770 feet
  2. H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School) School
    960 feet
  3. Mott Haven Community High School
    960 feet
  4. J. M. Rapport School Career Development School
    1,290 feet
  5. University Prep Charter Middle School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    580 feet
  2. Dog Run in St. Mary's Park Dog run
    1,060 feet
  3. St Mary's Playground East Playground
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Marys Street or Wales 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.