Gildersleeve Avenue & Newman Avenue

Gildersleeve Avenue and Newman Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Clason Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Harding Park is 620 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Soundview Av/Gildersleeve Av, is 340 feet away for the Bx27 and Bx39. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Soundview Av/Gildersleeve Av · Bx27, Bx39
Within a walk
7 places
2 parks, 1 garden and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Gildersleeve Avenue & Newman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Soundview Av/Gildersleeve Av, 340 feet away, for the Bx27 and Bx39.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Soundview Av/Gildersleeve Av Bx27, Bx39
    340 feet
    Bx27 Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx27 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Bruckner Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 440 Soundview Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2 Castle Hill Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground
  • 1 public space
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harding Park
    620 feet
  2. Harding Park Playground
    680 feet
  3. Pugsley Creek Park Nature area
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Waterfront Community Garden
    960 feet
  2. Soundview Park
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Shorehaven Public space
    390 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • 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 of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gildersleeve Avenue or Newman Avenue.

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.