Watson Avenue & Colgate Avenue

Watson Avenue and Colgate Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 152 Evergreen is 700 feet away, and Bruckner Boulevard Plaza is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Elder Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elder Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
1,020 feet
Westchester Av/Colgate Av · Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
Within a walk
13 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 park features and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Watson Avenue & Colgate Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Elder Av 6
    0.3 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 Westchester Av/Colgate Av, 1,020 feet away, for the Bx4, Bx4A and Bx27.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Colgate Av Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
    1,020 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A Bx27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …
  3. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Morrison Avenue & Bronx River Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1419 Bronx River Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  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 three crashes 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 July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2019

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
15 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 1928 and 1950.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Colgate Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Colgate Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Watson Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Watson Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 220018 and 221181.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Tremont Crotona Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    240 feet
  2. P.S. 152 Evergreen School
    700 feet
  3. Tiny Tunes Daycare Evergreen Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Arcadia Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
  2. Genius Therapy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Watson Houses Playground
    170 feet
  2. Colgate Close Park
    370 feet
  3. Colgate Close Playground
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hoppers in Concrete Plant Park Park feature
    1,060 feet
  2. Silos in Concrete Plant Park Park feature
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bruckner Boulevard Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Green Pastures Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Boynton Avenue Rehab Community center
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Colgate Avenue or Watson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.