Bruckner Boulevard & Beach Avenue

Bruckner Boulevard and Beach Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Sotomayor Houses development. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Sotomayor Community Center is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, St Lawrence Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them community centers, and three places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
St Lawrence Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
1,090 feet
Rosedale Av/1040 Rosedale Av · Bx27
Within a walk
5 places
2 community centers, 2 playgrounds and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bruckner Boulevard & Beach Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is St Lawrence Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Community (Acer rubrum, Rosa palustris, Smilax rotundifolia, Carya cordiformis),” (2011) by Alison Mortisugu at the St Lawrence Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rosedale Av/1040 Rosedale Av, 1,090 feet away, for the Bx27.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rosedale Av/1040 Rosedale Av Bx27
    1,090 feet
    Bx27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Bronx River Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Soundview Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 1953 and 1958.

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

Trees

Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Beach Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 community centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Bronxdale Nursery and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    530 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Story Playground
    1,080 feet
  2. Justice Sotomayor Houses Playground
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sotomayor Community Center
    720 feet
  2. Community center at Sotomayor Houses Community center
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    650 feet
  2. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach Avenue, Beach Avenue Pedestrian Overpass or Bruckner Boulevard.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.