Waterbury Avenue & Crosby Avenue
Waterbury Avenue and Crosby Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Throgs Neck-Schuylerville, Bronx. The corner is also named Ernie Ottuso Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Bufano Park is 480 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Crosby Av/Waterbury Av, is 120 feet away for the Bx8, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Crosby Av/Waterbury Av, 120 feet away, for the Bx8.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Crosby Av/Waterbury Av Bx8120 feetBx8
Next buses at this stop
- Bx8 …
Cycling
- 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Throgs Neck Expressway northbound at Lafayette Avenue & Ellsworth Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 3319 East Tremont Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars2.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, the median for a Bronx corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, June 2025
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10461
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 10
- City Council district
- 13
- Police precinct
- 45
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Throgs Neck-Schuylerville
- Elevation
- 22 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Ernie Ottuso Square, a co-naming enacted on December 1, 1993 (Local Law 93 of 1993).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Ernie Ottuso Square.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Crosby Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Dajace Properties Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5840 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bufano Park480 feet
- Bufano Park Playground490 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Waterbury Avenue & Gillespie Avenue 240 feet
- Waterbury Avenue & Hobart Avenue 270 feet
- Crosby Avenue & Paine Street 320 feet
- Edison Avenue & Waterbury Avenue 430 feet
- Crosby Avenue & La Salle Avenue 480 feet
- Hollywood Avenue & Waterbury Avenue 610 feet
- Waterbury Avenue & Bradford Avenue 690 feet
- La Salle Avenue & Gillespie Avenue 710 feet
See every intersection along Crosby Avenue or Waterbury Avenue.