Story Avenue & Wheeler Avenue

Story Avenue and Wheeler Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Easter Seals Ny, Inc- 1530 Story Ave is 150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Story Av/Elder Av, is 230 feet away for the Bx5. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them schools. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1964 and 1969, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Story Av/Elder Av · Bx5
Within a walk
11 places
6 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Story Avenue & Wheeler Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Story Av/Elder Av, 230 feet away, for the Bx5.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Story Av/Elder Av Bx5 · Shelter
    230 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, 0.4 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 seven 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Story Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Wheeler Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Wheeler Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Soundview Park
    980 feet
  2. Dog Run in Soundview Park Dog run
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Soundview Park Field House Recreation center
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

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 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Story Avenue or Wheeler Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.