Parkchester

Neighborhood · Bronx

Laid out as a planned community, Parkchester fills the Bronx blocks framed by East Tremont Avenue, Castle Hill Avenue, Westchester Avenue and White Plains Road.

  • 0.33 square miles
  • 33,602 residents, 2020 Census
  • 47 street corners
  • 2 subway stations
  • 11 bus routes

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company built it between 1939 and 1942 on former farmland of the New York Catholic Protectory, raising 51 groups of brick buildings planned for 12,000 families. Its name blends those of two neighboring areas, Park Versailles and Westchester Heights. About 500 terra cotta statuettes and 600 plaques decorate its buildings, Raymond Granville Barger's Fantasia fountain stands in the Aileen B. Ryan Oval, and the 6 train stops at Parkchester station on Westchester Avenue.

Sources: Parkchester, Bronx (Wikipedia); About BXCB9 (Bronx Community Board 9).

Map

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Parkchester borders four areas, and Unionport Road holds more of its corners than any other street, eight of 47.

Street map of Parkchester, Bronx, outlined among Castle Hill-Unionport, Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Westchester Square and Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, with its two subway stations and Castle Hill Playground.Pelham Parkway-Van NestWestchester SquareCastle Hill-UnionportSoundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
  • Parkchester
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • A station in the list
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • Castle Hill Av lines 6
  • Parkchester lines 6 accessible

Getting around

Two subway stations and buses on 11 routes stop in or at the edge of Parkchester.

  • 2 subway stations
  • 1 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 10 local bus routes
  • 1 express bus route

Local bus routes

  • Bx4
  • Bx4A
  • Bx11
  • Bx22
  • Bx36
  • Bx39
  • Bx40
  • Bx42
  • Q44-SBS
  • T103

Express bus route

  • BxM6

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Bronx corner.

  • 464 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 9.9 a corner, on average
  • 8.0 the average Bronx corner

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 19 of its corners

Accessible pedestrian signals
15
Leading pedestrian intervals
8
Turn calming
2
Enhanced crossings
2

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 0 red-light camera tickets
  • 4,192 school-zone speed camera tickets at four corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most speed tickets
Unionport Road & Guerlain Street, 2,167

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 33,602 residents in Parkchester, about 101,800 per square mile.

  • 14,007 homes, 2020 Census
  • 466 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 277 residential lots hold buildings from 1926 or earlier, and 79% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks

Parkland
3.7 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Castle Hill Playground (1.4 acres), Virginia Park (1 acre) and Caserta Playground (0.9 acre)

Streets and trees

Trees
1,116 in NYC Parks' records, most often thornless honeylocust, London planetree and pin oak
Street with the most corners
Unionport Road, with eight of the area's 47
Height above sea level
From 21 feet at White Plains Road & Wood Avenue to 66 feet at White Plains Road & East Tremont Avenue
Honorary street names
6 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists nine schools and one library in Parkchester.

Public schools
3
Charter and private schools
6
Library
Parkchester Library

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 274 major felonies at places in Parkchester.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Parkchester

  • 289 major felonies in 2024
  • 746 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Parkchester, the NYPD recorded another 172 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 13.3 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Parkchester.

Police precinct
43rd
Major felonies recorded at places in Parkchester, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 109 major felonies at places in Parkchester, against 136 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.