Leland Avenue & Watson Avenue

Leland Avenue and Watson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Center for Rehabilitation & Health Care is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them schools, and four places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
White Plains Rd/Watson Av · Bx36, Bx39
Within a walk
14 places
6 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Leland Avenue & Watson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.5 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
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Day in Parkchester” (2011) by William Low at the Parkchester station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Watson Av, 650 feet away, for the Bx36 and Bx39.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Watson Av Bx36, Bx39
    650 feet
    Bx36 Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Watson Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Underhill Avenue at Bruckner Expressway, 1,080 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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
    1.9 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 205 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Leland Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Leland Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Watson Avenue

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

South side of Watson Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Birch Family Services-Watson Ave School
    460 feet
  2. Watson Avenue Ecc Pre-K
    460 feet
  3. Bronxdale Nursery and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 583 School
    1,230 feet
  2. Brilla College Prep Charter High School
    1,260 feet
  3. Girls Prep CS - Bronx HS School
    1,260 feet
  4. Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York School
    1,260 feet
  5. Vertex Partnership Academies CHS School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Justice Sotomayor Houses Playground
    390 feet
  2. Haviland Playground
    1,080 feet

Health care

  1. Bronx Center for Rehabilitation & Health Care Nursing home or hospice
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Revelation Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Sotomayor Houses Community center
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and five 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Leland Avenue or Watson 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.