Pugsley Avenue & Virgil Place
Pugsley Avenue and Virgil Place meet at a three-way junction in Soundview-Clason Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Antonia Pantoja Preparatory Academy: a College Board School is 270 feet away, and Bronx Compass High School is 270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lafayette Av/Pugsley Av, is 310 feet away for the Bx5, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, seven of them schools, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Pugsley Av, 310 feet away, for the Bx5.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Lafayette Av/Pugsley Av Bx5310 feetBx5
Next buses at this stop
- Bx5 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Pugsley Avenue.
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Bruckner Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 740 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 2 Castle Hill Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1 mile
- 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
- 16 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1965 and 1978.
Trees
NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Virgil Place
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 schools
- 1 playground
- 1 post office
Schools and child care
- Antonia Pantoja Preparatory Academy: a College Board School270 feet
- Bronx Bridges High School270 feet
- Bronx Community High School270 feet
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- Bronx Compass High School270 feet
- Gotham Collaborative High School270 feet
- Millennium Art Academy School270 feet
- P.S. 138 Samuel Randall School810 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- P.O. Serrano Playground1,200 feet
Community centers and public services
- Cornell Post Office1,040 feet
Supermarkets
- ShopRite Supermarket0.4 miles
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Bruckner Commons Shopping center610 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.
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, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Pugsley Avenue & Homer Avenue 240 feet
- Lafayette Avenue & Pugsley Avenue 280 feet
- Seward Avenue & Pugsley Avenue 510 feet
- Pugsley Avenue & Turnbull Avenue 560 feet
- Pugsley Avenue & Hermany Avenue 830 feet
- Lafayette Avenue & Stickball Boulevard 860 feet
- Olmstead Avenue & Virgil Place 860 feet
- Story Avenue & Pugsley Avenue 1,090 feet
See every intersection along Pugsley Avenue or Virgil Place.