Bruckner Boulevard & East 156th Street

Bruckner Boulevard and East 156th Street meet at a five-way junction in Hunts Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Fox Park is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Longwood Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1925, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Longwood Av
950 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Southern Blvd/E 156 St · Bx19
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bruckner Boulevard & East 156th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Longwood Av, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Longwood Av 6
    950 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. E 149 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/E 156 St, 430 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/E 156 St Bx19
    430 feet
    Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Longwood Ave & Southern Blvd 24 docks in all
    1,010 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1101 Leggett Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hunts Point
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 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 1922 and 1925.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Winter King' green hawthorn and the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1850.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Prospect Family Residence Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fox Park
    400 feet
  2. Fox Playground
    650 feet

Fire and police

  1. 41st Precinct Police station
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bruckner Boulevard, Bruckner Boulevard Bike Path or East 156th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.