Walton Avenue & East 144th Street

Walton Avenue and East 144th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Community School for Social Justice is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, 149 St-Grand Concourse, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2, 4 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them schools, and 12 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2020 and 2025, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
149 St-Grand Concourse
940 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Grand Concourse/E 144 St · Bx1
Within a walk
9 places
4 schools, 1 college and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Walton Avenue & East 144th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 149 St-Grand Concourse, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 4, 5
    940 feet
    2 4 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 4 …
  3. 5 …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 4 …
  3. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. 138 St-Grand Concourse 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/E 144 St, 370 feet away, for the Bx1.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/E 144 St Bx1
    370 feet
    Bx1

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Walton Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Concourse & E 144 St 23 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 138th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 99 East 149th Street Gas station
    1,300 feet
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Concourse-Concourse Village
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 2020 and 2025.

Since 2014 at least 660 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of East 144th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Walton Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Walton Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 200801.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Family Life Academy Charter School III School
    430 feet
  2. Community School for Social Justice School
    550 feet
  3. Health Opportunities High School
    550 feet
Show all 6
  1. Eugenio Maria Hostos Comm College
    670 feet
  2. Hostos Community College Children's Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    780 feet
  3. Kipp Bronx Charter School III School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evelina Antonetty Playground
    260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mott Avenue Control House (Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) Subway Control: Thematic Resources Houses Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,200 feet
  2. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 144th Street or Walton 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.