Bruckner Boulevard & Colgate Avenue

Bruckner Boulevard and Colgate Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Arena High School is 960 feet away, and Concrete Plant Park is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bronx River Av/Bruckner Blvd, is 660 feet away for the Bx5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them parks. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Bronx River Av/Bruckner Blvd · Bx5
Within a walk
9 places
3 parks, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bruckner Boulevard & Colgate Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bronx River Av/Bruckner Blvd, 660 feet away, for the Bx5.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bronx River Av/Bruckner Blvd Bx5
    660 feet
    Bx5

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx5 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Bronx River Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1500 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    680 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10473
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
15 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 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 223 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and September 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

South side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Colgate Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 7AM-11AM

West side of Colgate Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Arena High School
    960 feet
  2. Bronx Charter School for the Arts Middle School
    960 feet
  3. Easter Seals Ny, Inc- 1520 Story Ave School
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. These Our Treasures Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colgate Close Playground
    1,030 feet
  2. Colgate Close Park
    1,030 feet
  3. Garrison Park
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Concrete Plant Park
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bruckner Boulevard Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 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 Colgate Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.