Newman Avenue & Compton Avenue
Newman Avenue and Compton Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Soundview-Clason Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Pugsley Creek Park is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, White Plains Rd/Patterson Av, is 440 feet away for the Bx39, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Patterson Av, 440 feet away, for the Bx39.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- White Plains Rd/Patterson Av Bx39440 feetBx39
Next buses at this stop
- Bx39 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Bruckner Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 440 Soundview Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 2 Castle Hill Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1 mile
- 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars2.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
- 12 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Trees
NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Compton Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Woodrow Wilson Square.
- Clason Point World War I Memorial Stele by James S.J. Novelli, 1928810 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 3 schools
- 1 nature area
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Archimedes Academy for Math, Science and Technology Applications School910 feet
- The Bronx Mathematics Preparatory School910 feet
- Women's Academy of Excellence School910 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pugsley Creek Park Nature area40 feet
- Woodrow Wilson Triangle900 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store1,120 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- White Plains Road & Patterson Avenue 350 feet
- Bolton Avenue & Patterson Avenue 630 feet
- O'Brien Avenue & Newman Avenue 680 feet
- Soundview Avenue & Patterson Avenue 750 feet
- O'Brien Avenue & Rudd Place 800 feet
- Stephens Avenue & O'Brien Avenue 840 feet
- Bolton Avenue & Soundview Avenue 850 feet
- Underhill Avenue & Patterson Avenue 890 feet
See every intersection along Newman Avenue.