Bruckner Boulevard & Elder Avenue at Elder Avenue Pedestrian Overpass

Bruckner Boulevard, Elder Avenue and Elder Avenue Pedestrian Overpass meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bruckner Boulevard Plaza is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Elder Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them schools, and eight places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elder Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Story Av/Elder Av · Bx5
Within a walk
12 places
5 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bruckner Boulevard & Elder Avenue at Elder Avenue Pedestrian Overpass Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elder Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Elder Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx Trees” (2011) by Jean Whitesavage and Nick Lyle at the Elder Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Story Av/Elder Av, 720 feet away, for the Bx5.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Story Av/Elder Av Bx5 · Shelter
    720 feet
    Bx5
    Shelter

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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1500 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 11 people 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

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 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 450 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No standing 5 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 Elder Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Elder Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Icahn Charter School 7 School
    680 feet
  2. P.S. 093 Albert G. Oliver School
    680 feet
  3. Easter Seals New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 152 Evergreen School
    920 feet
  2. These Our Treasures Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  3. Easter Seals Ny, Inc- 1530 Story Ave School
    990 feet
  4. Easter Seals Ny, Inc- 1520 Story Ave School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Manor Avenue Seniors Garden
    960 feet
  2. Colgate Close Park
    1,060 feet
  3. Colgate Close Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bruckner Boulevard Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Boynton Avenue Rehab Community center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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