Taylor Avenue & Gleason Avenue

Taylor Avenue and Gleason Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, St Lawrence Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
St Lawrence Av
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
1,050 feet
White Plains Rd/Gleason Av · Bx36, Bx39
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Taylor Avenue & Gleason Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is St Lawrence Av, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    1,200 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Community (Acer rubrum, Rosa palustris, Smilax rotundifolia, Carya cordiformis),” (2011) by Alison Mortisugu at the St Lawrence Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Gleason Av, 1,050 feet away, for the Bx36 and Bx39.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Gleason Av Bx36, Bx39
    1,050 feet
    Bx36 Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Gleason Avenue.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Underhill Avenue at Bruckner Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

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 1925 and 1945.

Since 2014 at least 205 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gleason Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Gleason Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Taylor Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Taylor Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center

Schools and child care

  1. Brilla College Prep Charter High School
    410 feet
  2. Girls Prep CS - Bronx HS School
    410 feet
  3. Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York School
    410 feet
Show all 4
  1. Vertex Partnership Academies CHS School
    410 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Justice Sotomayor Houses Playground
    850 feet
  2. Watson Gleason Playground
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Revelation Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. Atonement Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Sotomayor Houses Community center
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gleason Avenue or Taylor 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.