Lafayette Avenue & Taylor Avenue

Lafayette Avenue and Taylor Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Clason Point, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Monroe development. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 100 Isaac Clason is 250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Soundview Av/Lafayette Av, is 870 feet away for the Bx27, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them playgrounds, and two places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Lafayette Avenue.

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

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Taylor Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Soundview Av/Lafayette Av, 870 feet away, for the Bx27.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Lafayette Avenue.

  • 21 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 2 Castle Hill Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.4 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 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 1970.

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 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2025 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Taylor Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Taylor Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Story Playground
    340 feet
  2. Space Time Playground
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sound View Presbyterian Church House of worship
    630 feet
  2. Church of God of Soundvie House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Monroe Community center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two 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 Lafayette Avenue or Taylor 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.