Watson Avenue & Beach Avenue

Watson Avenue and Beach Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Sotomayor Houses development. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Brilla College Prep Charter High School is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, St Lawrence Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them schools. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1953 and 1970, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
St Lawrence Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
1,080 feet
Rosedale Av/1040 Rosedale Av · Bx27
Within a walk
13 places
5 schools, 2 community centers and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Watson Avenue & Beach Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is St Lawrence Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 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 Rosedale Av/1040 Rosedale Av, 1,080 feet away, for the Bx27.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rosedale Av/1040 Rosedale Av Bx27
    1,080 feet
    Bx27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Watson Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Underhill Avenue at Bruckner Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1661 Watson Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1953 and 1970.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Sotomayor Houses development.

Since 2014 at least 396 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Beach Avenue

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

North side of Watson Avenue

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

South side of Watson Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. Bronxdale Nursery and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    290 feet
  2. Brilla College Prep Charter High School
    640 feet
  3. Girls Prep CS - Bronx HS School
    640 feet
Show all 7
  1. Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York School
    640 feet
  2. Vertex Partnership Academies CHS School
    640 feet
  3. Watson Avenue Ecc Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  4. Birch Family Services-Watson Ave School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Justice Sotomayor Houses Playground
    310 feet
  2. Watson Gleason Playground
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Sotomayor Houses Community center
    280 feet
  2. Sotomayor Community Center
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 Beach Avenue or Watson Avenue.

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