Bruckner Boulevard & Pugsley Avenue

Bruckner Boulevard and Pugsley Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Dr. Emmett W. Bassett School is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, White Plains Rd/Bruckner Blvd, is 1,070 feet away for the Bx36 and Bx39, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them schools, and four places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,070 feet
White Plains Rd/Bruckner Blvd · Bx36, Bx39
Within a walk
4 places
3 schools and 1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bruckner Boulevard & Pugsley Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Bruckner Blvd, 1,070 feet away, for the Bx36 and Bx39.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Bruckner Blvd Bx36, Bx39
    1,070 feet
    Bx36 Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Pugsley Avenue and Pugsley Avenue Pedestrian Overpass.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Underhill Avenue at Bruckner Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1929 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    690 feet
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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)
Castle Hill-Unionport

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 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 79 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

North side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Pugsley Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Pugsley Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. The Dr. Emmett W. Bassett School
    840 feet
  2. P.S. 583 School
    1,170 feet
  3. Pugsley Preparatory Academy School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. FDNY-EMT Yadira Arroyo Playground
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    370 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

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

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