Watson Avenue & Close Avenue

Watson Avenue and Close Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Colgate Close is 320 feet away, and Silos in Concrete Plant Park is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Elder Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elder Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
1,150 feet
Bruckner Blvd/Bronx River Av · Bx5
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 park features and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Watson Avenue & Close Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elder Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Elder Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Whitlock Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx Trees” (2011) by Jean Whitesavage and Nick Lyle at the Elder Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bruckner Blvd/Bronx River Av, 1,150 feet away, for the Bx5.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bruckner Blvd/Bronx River Av Bx5
    1,150 feet
    Bx5

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Home St & Westchester Ave 21 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Morrison Avenue & Bronx River Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1419 Bronx River Avenue Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 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 December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
17
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,300 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 1928 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Close Avenue

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Close Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 4AM-4PM

North side of Watson Avenue

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

South side of Watson Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Tremont Crotona Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. P.S. 152 Evergreen School
    960 feet
  3. Tiny Tunes Daycare Evergreen Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colgate Close Park
    320 feet
  2. Watson Houses Playground
    430 feet
  3. Colgate Close Playground
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hoppers in Concrete Plant Park Park feature
    800 feet
  2. Silos in Concrete Plant Park Park feature
    820 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bruckner Boulevard Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and seven 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 nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Close Avenue or Watson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.