White Plains Road & Story Avenue

White Plains Road and Story Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Clason Point, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 38 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Cornell Post Office is 1,010 feet away, and Story Playground is 1,100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, White Plains Rd/Story Av, is 40 feet away for the Bx39, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them schools, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
38 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1,100 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
White Plains Rd/Story Av · Bx39
Within a walk
8 places
4 schools, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
White Plains Road & Story Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Story Av, 40 feet away, for the Bx39.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Story Av Bx39
    40 feet
    Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Story Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 9pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on White Plains Road.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Bruckner Expressway, 1,100 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Soundview Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 38 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10473
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Clason Point
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 154 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Triumph' elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Story Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of White Plains Road

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of White Plains Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 131 Albert Einstein School
    680 feet
  2. Soundview Academy for Culture and Scholarship School
    680 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 4 School
    680 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 583 School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Space Time Playground
    800 feet
  2. Story Playground
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. Bronx Center for Rehabilitation & Health Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cornell Post Office
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    50 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Story Avenue or White Plains Road.

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