Watson Avenue & Elder Avenue

Watson Avenue and Elder Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. The corner is also named Luis Angel “Supa” Torres Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Colgate Close is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Elder Av, is about four 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 17 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elder Av
970 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
970 feet
Westchester Av/Elder Av · Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Watson Avenue & Elder Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elder Av, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Elder Av 6
    970 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Morrison Av-Soundview 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/Elder Av, 970 feet away, for the Bx4, Bx4A and Bx27.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …
  3. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Morrison Avenue & Bronx River Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1441 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
17 and 18 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Luis Angel “Supa” Torres Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 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 1940.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Luis Angel “Supa” Torres Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Elder Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Elder Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 221924.

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 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Tiny Tunes Daycare Evergreen Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  2. Tremont Crotona Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. P.S. 152 Evergreen School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Watson Houses Playground
    640 feet
  2. Colgate Close Park
    1,150 feet
  3. Manor Avenue Seniors Garden
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Green Pastures Baptist Church Listed historic place
    500 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Boynton Avenue Rehab Community center
    440 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 25 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Elder Avenue or Watson Avenue.

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