Westchester Square

Neighborhood · Bronx

Westchester Square lies in the eastern Bronx, with Westchester Creek along its eastern edge.

  • 0.55 square miles
  • 17,376 residents, 2020 Census
  • 137 street corners
  • 3 subway stations
  • 11 bus routes

It grew from the colonial village of Westchester, also called Oostdorp, or East Town, which English settlers founded about 1654 on land bought by Thomas Pell; the village was the seat of the Town of Westchester until the town joined New York City in 1895. Two city landmarks stand near the square, St. Peter's Church, Chapel and Cemetery and the Huntington Free Library and Reading Room, and the Westchester Square station on the Pelham Line has served the area since 1920.

Sources: Westchester Square, Bronx (Wikipedia); List of New York City Designated Landmarks in the Bronx (Wikipedia); About BXCB10 (Bronx Community Board 10).

Map

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Westchester Square borders five areas, and Zerega Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 26 of 137.

Street map of Westchester Square, Bronx, outlined among Morris Park, Castle Hill-Unionport, Hutchinson Metro Center and Parkchester, with its three subway stations and Castle Hill Little League Field.Morris ParkHutchinson Metro CenterThrogs Neck-SchuylervilleCastle Hill-UnionportParkchester
  • Westchester Square
  • 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

  • Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av lines 6 accessible
  • Zerega Av lines 6
  • Castle Hill Av lines 6

Getting around

Three subway stations and buses on 11 routes stop in or at the edge of Westchester Square.

  • 3 subway stations
  • 1 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 11 local bus routes

Local bus routes

  • Bx4
  • Bx4A
  • Bx8
  • Bx21
  • Bx22
  • Bx24
  • Bx31
  • Bx40
  • Bx42
  • Q44-SBS
  • T103

Safety record

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

  • 596 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 4.4 a corner, on average
  • 8.0 the average Bronx corner
  • 17 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 15 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
9
Accessible pedestrian signals
7
Turn calming
3
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
2
Safety Improvement Projects
1

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
  • 8,120 school-zone speed camera tickets at six corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most speed tickets
Gleason Avenue & Commerce Avenue, 4,716

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 17,376 residents in Westchester Square, about 31,600 per square mile.

  • 5,704 homes, 2020 Census
  • 503 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 1,378 residential lots hold buildings from 1925 or earlier, and 73% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

NYCHA development

One NYCHA development, which NYCHA names by a building's address, lies wholly or partly within Westchester Square.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
4.3 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Castle Hill Little League Field (2.2 acres), Owen F. Dolen Park (1.4 acres) and the Pearly Gates (0.7 acre)
Designated landmarks
The Van Schaick Free Reading Room and Saint Peter's Church

Streets and trees

Trees
2,097 in NYC Parks' records, most often thornless honeylocust, Japanese zelkova and Japanese flowering cherry
Street with the most corners
Zerega Avenue, with 26 of the area's 137
Height above sea level
From 8 feet at Ellis Avenue & Commerce Avenue to 53 feet at Yates Avenue & Sacket Avenue
Honorary street names
6 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists four schools and one library in Westchester Square.

Public schools
4
Library
Westchester Square Library

Public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works in Westchester Square: Westchester Square Memorial (1925) and Seat (1987).

  • 2 works of public art

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 333 major felonies at places in Westchester Square.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Westchester Square

  • 321 major felonies in 2024
  • 697 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Westchester Square, the NYPD recorded another 106 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 25.3 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Westchester Square.

Police precincts
45th (most of the area), 43rd, 49th
Major felonies recorded at places in Westchester Square, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 119 major felonies at places in Westchester Square, against 163 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.