Watson Avenue & Manor Avenue

Watson Avenue and Manor Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Manor Avenue Seniors Garden is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Morrison Av-Soundview, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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Watson Avenue & Manor Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morrison Av-Soundview, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Morrison Av-Soundview 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. Elder Av 6
    0.3 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 Morrison Av/Watson Av, 550 feet away, for the Bx27.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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, 750 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1661 Watson Avenue Gas station
    1,280 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1930.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Manor Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Manor Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

North side of Watson Avenue

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

South side of Watson Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 220840 and 221337.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Boys Preparatory Charter School of New York Annex School
    1,000 feet
  2. J.H.S. 123 James M. Kieran School
    1,000 feet
  3. The School for Inquiry and Social Justice School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parque De Los Ninos Playground
    640 feet
  2. Manor Avenue Seniors Garden
    670 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Green Pastures Baptist Church Listed historic place
    350 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 17 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:

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