3rd Avenue & Westchester Avenue

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and Westchester Avenue is in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The sculpture “Para Roberto” is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, eight of them trade or language schools, and 52 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
24 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
250 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
3 Av/Westchester Av · Bx15
Within a walk
31 places
8 trade or language schools, 6 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Westchester Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    250 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Una Raza, Un Mundo, Universo (One Race, One World, One Universe)” (1996) by José Ortega at the 3 Av-149 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Westchester Av, 30 feet away, for the Bx15.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Westchester Av Bx15
    30 feet
    Bx15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 3rd Avenue, East 150th Street and Westchester Avenue.

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Melrose Ave & E 150 St 31 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Alexander Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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, May 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 705 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Westchester Avenue (south side).

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 150th Street

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 150th Street

  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 201290, 218532, 221504 and 222820.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1871 and 1919.

  1. Haffen Building Designated landmark
    730 feet
  2. Willis Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church Designated landmark
    810 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Roberto Clemente Plaza.

  1. Para Roberto Sculpture by Melissa Calderón, 2019
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 8 trade or language schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Zeta Charter School -South Bronx School
    420 feet
  2. Zeta Charter Schools - South Bronx School
    420 feet
  3. Career and Employment Services Trade or language school
    500 feet
Show all 17
  1. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    500 feet
  2. Cudley's Training Program Trade or language school
    500 feet
  3. Tiny Tunes Day Care Bergen Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  4. Immaculate Conception School
    780 feet
  5. Nexus Medical Training Center Trade or language school
    860 feet
  6. Creo College Preparatory Charter School
    910 feet
  7. Wilson Allen Health Careers Institut Trade or language school
    960 feet
  8. New York Child Resource Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  9. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,010 feet
  10. Brilla Veritas CMS Upper School
    1,050 feet
  11. City-Pro Group - Bronx School
    1,150 feet
  12. Sobro Ctr for Cancer Development The Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  13. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  14. The Dennelisse-Lhcsa Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Neighborhood Advisory Committee Community Garden
    740 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Roberto Clemente Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    520 feet
  2. Public space at La Central Public space
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dollar Savings Bank Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. East 152nd Street-Courtlandt Avenue Houses Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. C. Rieger's Sons Factory Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary House of worship
    420 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 372 East 152nd Street Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 41 Fire station
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    390 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    510 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, East 150th Street or Westchester Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.