Bruckner Boulevard & Wheeler Avenue

Bruckner Boulevard and Wheeler Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Easter Seals Ny, Inc- 1530 Story Ave is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Elder Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them schools, and two places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elder Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
Story Av/Elder Av · Bx5
Within a walk
9 places
5 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bruckner Boulevard & Wheeler 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 …

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, 900 feet away, for the Bx5.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Story Av/Elder Av Bx5 · Shelter
    900 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1500 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 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 four crashes at this corner, the median for a Bronx corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
16 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 1931 and 1964.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and 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 April 2016 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bruckner Boulevard

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

South side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Wheeler Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Wheeler Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. These Our Treasures Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  2. Easter Seals Ny, Inc- 1530 Story Ave School
    820 feet
  3. Easter Seals Ny, Inc- 1520 Story Ave School
    870 feet
Show all 7
  1. Easter Seals New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  2. Icahn Charter School 7 School
    940 feet
  3. P.S. 093 Albert G. Oliver School
    940 feet
  4. P.S. 152 Evergreen School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Manor Avenue Seniors Garden
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bruckner Boulevard Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bruckner Boulevard or Wheeler 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.