Watson Avenue & Taylor Avenue

Watson Avenue and Taylor 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. In 2026, 157 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here through August 27. Justice Sotomayor Houses Playground is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, St Lawrence Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them schools.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
St Lawrence Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
1,170 feet
White Plains Rd/Watson Av · Bx36, Bx39
Within a walk
12 places
5 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Watson Avenue & Taylor Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is St Lawrence Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. St Lawrence Av 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 “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 White Plains Rd/Watson Av, 1,170 feet away, for the Bx36 and Bx39.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Watson Av Bx36, Bx39
    1,170 feet
    Bx36 Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Watson Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Underhill Avenue at Bruckner Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1661 Watson Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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 October 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 157 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1953 and 1965.

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

Since 2014 at least 328 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 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
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Taylor Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Taylor 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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center

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
    740 feet
  3. Girls Prep CS - Bronx HS School
    740 feet
Show all 7
  1. Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York School
    740 feet
  2. Vertex Partnership Academies CHS School
    740 feet
  3. Watson Avenue Ecc Pre-K
    980 feet
  4. Birch Family Services-Watson Ave School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Justice Sotomayor Houses Playground
    60 feet
  2. Watson Gleason Playground
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Sotomayor Houses Community center
    120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six 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 Taylor Avenue or Watson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.