Seward Avenue & Metcalf Avenue

Seward Avenue and Metcalf Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Soundview-Clason Point, Bronx, at the edge of Soundview Park. The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Soundview development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Metcalf Playground is 130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rosedale Av/Seward Av, is 1,170 feet away for the Bx27, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them schools.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,170 feet
Rosedale Av/Seward Av · Bx27
Within a walk
7 places
2 schools, 1 community center and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Seward Avenue & Metcalf Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rosedale Av/Seward Av, 1,170 feet away, for the Bx27.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rosedale Av/Seward Av Bx27
    1,170 feet
    Bx27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Story Avenue & Metcalf Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Soundview Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2 Castle Hill Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.6 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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; the corner is on the edge of the Soundview Park area
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1953.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Soundview development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 109 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Metcalf Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Metcalf Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Seward Avenue

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

South side of Seward Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Ciditty Kiddie Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  2. Icahn Charter School 7 Middle School
    570 feet
  3. P.S. 107 School
    570 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Soundview Park
    50 feet
  2. Metcalf Playground
    130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1674 Seward Avenue Older adult center
    230 feet
  2. Soundview Community Center
    520 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • 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:

See every intersection along Metcalf Avenue or Seward 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.