Commonwealth Avenue & Merrill Street

Commonwealth Avenue and Merrill Street meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Wood Park is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, E 180 St, is about nine minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them parks, and nine places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
E 180 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Cross Bronx Expwy/Commonwealth Av · BxM6
Within a walk
5 places
2 parks, 1 playground and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Commonwealth Avenue & Merrill Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is E 180 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 180 St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Station Villa” (2011) by Luisa Caldwell at the E 180 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cross Bronx Expwy/Commonwealth Av, 220 feet away, for the BxM6.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bronx Expwy/Commonwealth Av BxM6
    220 feet
    BxM6

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM6 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway at Cross Bronx Service Road N, 690 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1719 Cross Bronx Expressway Gas station
    720 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
17
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 1927 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the lagerstroemia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Commonwealth Avenue

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

West side of Commonwealth Avenue

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

North side of Merrill Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Merrill Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Icahn Charter School 6 - Middle School
    710 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Noble Playground
    830 feet
  2. Wood Park
    1,220 feet
  3. St. Lawrence Triangle
    1,230 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 11 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Commonwealth Avenue or Merrill Street.

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