La Salle Avenue & Puritan Avenue

La Salle Avenue and Puritan Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Throgs Neck-Schuylerville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bufano Park is 560 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Tremont Av/Waterbury Av, is 580 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Hutchinson River Parkway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
East Tremont Av/Waterbury Av · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
La Salle Avenue & Puritan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Waterbury Av, 580 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Waterbury Av Bx40, Bx42
    580 feet
    Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1201 Mayflower Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
13
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Throgs Neck-Schuylerville
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Tender Years Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    370 feet
  2. Dajace Properties Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bufano Park
    560 feet
  2. Bufano Park Playground
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Presbyterian Church of Throggs Neck House of worship
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along La Salle Avenue or Puritan Avenue.

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