Willis Avenue Bridge & East 135th Street

Willis Avenue Bridge and East 135th Street meet at a five-way junction in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Mitchel development. The corner is also named Private First Class Carlos James Lozada Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 75 police-reported crashes were recorded here. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2026, 2,896 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Wanaqua Garden is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-138 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6.

Safety record
43 hurt
75 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-138 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
Willis Av/E 138 St · M125
Within a walk
19 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willis Avenue Bridge & East 135th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-138 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 3 Av-138 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Brook Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Willis Av/E 138 St, 780 feet away, for the M125.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Willis Av/E 138 St M125 · Shelter
    780 feet
    M125
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Willis Avenue and Willis Avenue Bridge.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willis Ave & E 137 St 22 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 840 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 164 Willis Avenue Gas station
    200 feet
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 75 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 43 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 2,896 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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

This corner is also named Private First Class Carlos James Lozada Place, a co-naming enacted on December 17, 2013 (Local Law 131 of 2013).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Since 2014 at least 175 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Private First Class Carlos James Lozada Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 135th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of East 135th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Willis Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Willis Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 29 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, and mostly built between 1891 and 1895.

  1. St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church School Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 154 Jonathan D. Hyatt School
    690 feet
  2. South Bronx Classical Charter School II School
    690 feet
  3. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 105 Willis Avenue Pre-K center
    700 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 043 Jonas Bronck School
    920 feet
  2. East Side House Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  3. Mott Haven Academy Charter School
    1,150 feet
  4. Mott Haven Charter School
    1,150 feet
  5. Brilla College Preparatory Charter Middle School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lozada Playground
    210 feet
  2. Ranaqua Playground
    480 feet
  3. Pulaski Park
    600 feet
Show all 5
  1. Wanaqua Garden
    660 feet
  2. Pulaski Park Playground
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Mitchel Community Center
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodfest Depot Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 135th Street, Willis Avenue, Willis Avenue Bridge or Willis Avenue Bridge Bike Path.

Sources: NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.