Watson Avenue & Pugsley Avenue

Watson Avenue and Pugsley Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. The Dr. Emmett W. Bassett School is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them playgrounds, and four places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
1,160 feet
Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Pugley Av · Q44 SBS
Within a walk
6 places
2 playgrounds, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Watson Avenue & Pugsley Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Day in Parkchester” (2011) by William Low at the Parkchester station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Pugley Av, 1,160 feet away, for the Q44 SBS.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Pugley Av Q44 SBS
    1,160 feet
    Q44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Pugsley Avenue and Watson Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Underhill Avenue at Bruckner Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1929 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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)
Castle Hill-Unionport
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Pugsley Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Pugsley Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Watson Avenue

  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Watson Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. The Dr. Emmett W. Bassett School
    200 feet
  2. Pugsley Preparatory Academy School
    370 feet
  3. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. FDNY-EMT Yadira Arroyo Playground
    380 feet
  2. Haviland Playground
    660 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and four 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pugsley Avenue or Watson Avenue.

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