Lafayette Avenue & Beach Avenue

Lafayette Avenue and Beach Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Soundview-Clason Point, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Monroe development. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Story Playground is 590 feet away, and Space Time Playground is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Soundview Av/Lafayette Av, is 610 feet away for the Bx27, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Soundview Av/Lafayette Av · Bx27
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Beach Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Soundview Av/Lafayette Av, 610 feet away, for the Bx27.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Soundview Av/Lafayette Av Bx27 · Shelter
    610 feet
    Bx27
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Lafayette Avenue.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Story Avenue & Metcalf Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Soundview Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2 Castle Hill Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2023.

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1959 and 1968.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Monroe development.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 100 Isaac Clason School
    500 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Story Playground
    590 feet
  2. Space Time Playground
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Soundview Library
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sound View Presbyterian Church House of worship
    380 feet
  2. Church of God of Soundvie House of worship
    910 feet
  3. Soundview Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Monroe Community center
    830 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1780 Story Avenue Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach Avenue or Lafayette Avenue.

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