Bruckner Expressway & Beach Avenue Pedestrian Overpass

Bruckner Expressway and Beach Avenue Pedestrian Overpass meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Clason Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Justice Sotomayor Houses Playground is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Story Av/Taylor Av, is 1,040 feet away for the Bx5, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them community centers, and three places to eat.

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Bruckner Expressway & Beach Avenue Pedestrian Overpass Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Story Av/Taylor Av, 1,040 feet away, for the Bx5.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Story Av/Taylor Av Bx5 · Shelter
    1,040 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 southbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Bronx River Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Soundview Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

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-Clason Point

Homes

About 1,700 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 1953 and 1958.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust and the sugar maple.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 community centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Bronxdale Nursery and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Story Playground
    940 feet
  2. Justice Sotomayor Houses Playground
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sotomayor Community Center
    850 feet
  2. Community center at Sotomayor Houses Community center
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    690 feet
  2. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

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