Bruckner Boulevard & Close Avenue

Bruckner Boulevard and Close Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Colgate Close Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bruckner Blvd/Bronx River Av, is 360 feet away for the Bx5, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them parks. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Bruckner Blvd/Bronx River Av · Bx5
Within a walk
8 places
3 parks, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bruckner Boulevard & Close Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bruckner Blvd/Bronx River Av, 360 feet away, for the Bx5.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bruckner Blvd/Bronx River Av Bx5
    360 feet
    Bx5

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Faile St & Garrison Ave 19 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1419 Bronx River Avenue Gas station
    490 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
17 and 18 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

South side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Close Avenue

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

West side of Close Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 152 Evergreen School
    530 feet
  2. Tremont Crotona Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colgate Close Playground
    50 feet
  2. Colgate Close Park
    50 feet
  3. Concrete Plant Park
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Garrison Park
    910 feet
  2. Watson Houses Playground
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bruckner Boulevard Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bruckner Boulevard or Close 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.