Bruckner Boulevard & Ward Avenue

Bruckner Boulevard and Ward 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. Boys Preparatory Charter School of New York Annex is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Elder Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them schools, and 12 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elder Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Story Av/Elder Av · Bx5
Within a walk
7 places
4 schools, 1 community center and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bruckner Boulevard & Ward Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elder Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Morrison Av-Soundview 6
    0.5 miles
    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, 0.3 miles away, for the Bx5.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Morrison Avenue & Bronx River Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1419 Bronx River Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 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 March 2024.

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)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

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 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1945.

Since 2014 at least 15 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
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

North side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

East side of Ward Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Ward Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Boys Preparatory Charter School of New York Annex School
    820 feet
  2. J.H.S. 123 James M. Kieran School
    820 feet
  3. The School for Inquiry and Social Justice School
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 152 Evergreen School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Manor Avenue Seniors Garden
    310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Green Pastures Baptist Church Listed historic place
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Boynton Avenue Rehab Community center
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bruckner Boulevard or Ward Avenue.

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