Story Avenue & Elder Avenue

Story Avenue and Elder Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 093 Albert G. Oliver is 300 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Story Av/Elder Av, is 60 feet away for the Bx5. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them schools. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1964 and 1969, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Story Av/Elder Av · Bx5
Within a walk
10 places
6 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Story Avenue & Elder Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Story Av/Elder Av, 60 feet away, for the Bx5.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Story Av/Elder Av Bx5 · Shelter
    60 feet
    Bx5
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx5 …

Live arrivals

Story Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 9pm on weekdays.

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. 1500 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 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 435 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green Vase' zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Elder Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Elder Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

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 listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Easter Seals New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. Icahn Charter School 7 School
    300 feet
  3. P.S. 093 Albert G. Oliver School
    300 feet
Show all 8
  1. These Our Treasures Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    320 feet
  2. Easter Seals Ny, Inc- 1530 Story Ave School
    320 feet
  3. Easter Seals Ny, Inc- 1520 Story Ave School
    470 feet
  4. Bronx Arena High School
    1,070 feet
  5. Bronx Charter School for the Arts Middle School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Soundview Park
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Soundview Park Field House Recreation center
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three food stores.

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 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 Elder Avenue or Story Avenue.

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