Waterbury Avenue & Gillespie Avenue

Waterbury Avenue and Gillespie Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Throgs Neck-Schuylerville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bufano Park is 240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Crosby Av/Waterbury Av, is 340 feet away for the Bx8, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and three places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Waterbury Avenue & Gillespie Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crosby Av/Waterbury Av, 340 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crosby Av/Waterbury Av Bx8
    340 feet
    Bx8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway northbound at Hutchinson River Parkway East & Hutchinson River Parkway at Lee Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3319 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2021.

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
26 feet above sea level

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 1922 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Dajace Properties Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    600 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bufano Park
    240 feet
  2. Bufano Park Playground
    260 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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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