Gleason Avenue & Croes Avenue

Gleason Avenue and Croes Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Soundview Post Office is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Morrison Av-Soundview, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morrison Av-Soundview
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Westchester Av/Noble Av · Bx4, Bx4A
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gleason Avenue & Croes Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morrison Av-Soundview, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Morrison Av-Soundview 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Land Between Two Waters” (2010) by Maria Cristalli & Marc Brown at the Morrison Av-Soundview station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Noble Av, 690 feet away, for the Bx4 and Bx4A.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Noble Av Bx4, Bx4A
    690 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Gleason Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Metcalf Avenue & Bronx River Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1661 Watson Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1964.

Since 2014 at least 389 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Croes Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Croes Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Gleason Avenue

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

South side of Gleason Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Sound Dale Center for Early Childhood Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Watson Gleason Playground
    300 feet
  2. Harrod Place Community Garden
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Soundview Post Office
    100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    610 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and ten 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 nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Croes 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.