Story Avenue & Close Avenue
Story Avenue and Close Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Bronx Arena High School is 180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Story Av/Bronx River Av, is 230 feet away for the Bx5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them schools. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1964 and 1969, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Story Av/Bronx River Av, 230 feet away, for the Bx5.
- 1 route within a ten-minute walk
- Story Av/Bronx River Av Bx5230 feetBx5
Next buses at this stop
- Bx5 …
Story Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 9pm on weekdays.
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Story Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Story Avenue & Metcalf Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 1419 Bronx River Avenue Gas station1,310 feet
- 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1 mile
- 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, the median for a Bronx corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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-Bruckner-Bronx River
- Elevation
- 13 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 between 1964 and 1969.
Since 2014 at least 223 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Story Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 schools
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 park
- 1 pedestrian plaza
Schools and child care
- Bronx Arena High School180 feet
- Bronx Charter School for the Arts Middle School180 feet
- Easter Seals Ny, Inc- 1520 Story Ave School700 feet
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- These Our Treasures Preschool, ages 2 to 5720 feet
- Easter Seals Ny, Inc- 1530 Story Ave School940 feet
- Easter Seals New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,010 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Soundview Park1,140 feet
Plazas and public spaces
- Bruckner Boulevard Plaza Pedestrian plaza800 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Story Avenue & Colgate Avenue 260 feet
- Bronx River Avenue & Story Avenue 280 feet
- Story Avenue & Evergreen Avenue 520 feet
- Story Avenue & Wheeler Avenue 780 feet
- Bruckner Boulevard & Colgate Avenue 930 feet
- Bruckner Boulevard & Bronx River Avenue 930 feet
- Bruckner Expressway & Bronx River Avenue 1,010 feet
- Story Avenue & Elder Avenue 1,040 feet
See every intersection along Close Avenue or Story Avenue.