Gleason Avenue & Beach Avenue

Gleason Avenue and Beach Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Brilla College Prep Charter High School is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, St Lawrence Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
St Lawrence Av
940 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Westchester Av/Saint Lawrence Av · Bx4, Bx4A
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gleason Avenue & Beach Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is St Lawrence Av, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    940 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Community (Acer rubrum, Rosa palustris, Smilax rotundifolia, Carya cordiformis),” (2011) by Alison Mortisugu at the St Lawrence Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Saint Lawrence Av, 940 feet away, for the Bx4 and Bx4A.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Saint Lawrence Av Bx4, Bx4A
    940 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Gleason Avenue.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, the median for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 328 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Beach Avenue

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

North side of Gleason Avenue

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

South side of Gleason Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Brilla College Prep Charter High School
    310 feet
  2. Girls Prep CS - Bronx HS School
    310 feet
  3. Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York School
    310 feet
Show all 6
  1. Vertex Partnership Academies CHS School
    310 feet
  2. Bronxdale Nursery and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  3. P.S. 047 John Randolph School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Watson Gleason Playground
    830 feet
  2. Justice Sotomayor Houses Playground
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Commonwealth Community Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
  2. Atonement Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Sotomayor Houses Community center
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 17 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach Avenue or Gleason Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.