Randall Avenue & Commonwealth Avenue

Randall Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Clason Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Holy Cross Church is 960 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Randall Av/Commonwealth Av, is 120 feet away for the Bx27, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1932 and 1954, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Randall Av/Commonwealth Av · Bx27
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Randall Avenue & Commonwealth Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Randall Av/Commonwealth Av, 120 feet away, for the Bx27.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Randall Av/Commonwealth Av Bx27 · Shelter
    120 feet
    Bx27
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 440 Soundview Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2 Castle Hill Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, the median for a Bronx corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1932 and 1954.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Commonwealth Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Commonwealth Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Randall Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of Randall Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Claire Heureuse Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. Holy Cross School
    1,250 feet
  3. P.S. 069 Journey Prep School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Randall Community Garden
    940 feet
  2. Soundview Park
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Soundview Library
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Soundview Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    870 feet
  2. Holy Cross Church House of worship
    960 feet
  3. Church of God of Soundvie House of worship
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    60 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and seven 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Commonwealth Avenue or Randall Avenue.

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