Watson Avenue & St Lawrence Avenue

Watson Avenue and St Lawrence 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, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Watson Gleason Playground is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, St Lawrence Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1953 and 1992, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
St Lawrence Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
Watson Av/Croes Av · Bx27
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Watson Avenue & St Lawrence Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is St Lawrence Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Community (Acer rubrum, Rosa palustris, Smilax rotundifolia, Carya cordiformis),” (2011) by Alison Mortisugu at the St Lawrence Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Watson Av/Croes Av, 950 feet away, for the Bx27.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Watson Avenue.

By car

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

  1. 1661 Watson Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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 1,800 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 1953 and 1992.

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

Since 2014 at least 531 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Lawrence Avenue

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

West side of St Lawrence Avenue

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

North side of Watson Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Bronxdale Nursery and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. Brilla College Prep Charter High School
    900 feet
  3. Girls Prep CS - Bronx HS School
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York School
    900 feet
  2. Vertex Partnership Academies CHS School
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Justice Sotomayor Houses Playground
    570 feet
  2. Watson Gleason Playground
    580 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Sotomayor Houses Community center
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 St Lawrence Avenue or Watson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.