Watson Avenue & Fteley Avenue

Watson Avenue and Fteley Avenue meet at a three-way junction 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. Watson Gleason Playground is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Morrison Av-Soundview, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morrison Av-Soundview
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Watson Av/Croes Av · Bx27
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Watson Avenue & Fteley Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morrison Av-Soundview, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Morrison Av-Soundview 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. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Land Between Two Waters” (2010) by Maria Cristalli & Marc Brown at the Morrison Av-Soundview station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Watson Av/Croes Av, 170 feet away, for the Bx27.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Watson Av/Croes Av Bx27
    170 feet
    Bx27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Watson Avenue.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Metcalf Avenue & Bronx River Parkway, 560 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1661 Watson Avenue Gas station
    300 feet
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2023

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1953.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Fteley Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Fteley Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Watson Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Sound Dale Center for Early Childhood Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Watson Gleason Playground
    570 feet
  2. Parque De Los Ninos Playground
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Soundview Post Office
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fteley Avenue or Watson Avenue.

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