Leland Avenue & Wood Avenue

Leland Avenue and Wood 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. Parkchester Post Office is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them parks, and 15 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1954, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
White Plains Rd/Wood Av · Bx36, Bx39
Within a walk
12 places
4 parks, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Leland Avenue & Wood Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 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
    0.4 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/Wood Av, 350 feet away, for the Bx36 and Bx39.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 800 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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.

  • 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 June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
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

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1954.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Leland Avenue

  • No parking 8 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Wood Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Wood Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. American Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wood Park
    300 feet
  2. Virginia Playground
    660 feet
  3. Virginia Park
    870 feet
Show all 5
  1. St. Lawrence Triangle
    1,130 feet
  2. Hugh J. Grant Circle
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Taylor Ave House of worship
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Parkchester Post Office
    870 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1380 Metropolitan Avenue Older adult center
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    940 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 13 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Leland Avenue or Wood Avenue.

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