Baychester Avenue & Bussing Avenue

Baychester Avenue and Bussing Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Wakefield-Woodlawn, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 087 Bronx is 660 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Baychester Av/Pitman Av, is 380 feet away for the Bx16, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them schools, and one place to eat.

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Baychester Avenue & Bussing Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Baychester Av/Pitman Av, 380 feet away, for the Bx16.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Baychester Av/Pitman Av Bx16
    380 feet
    Bx16

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Baychester Avenue.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Bronx Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1225 East 233rd Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 4769 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, seven Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10466
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Wakefield-Woodlawn
Elevation
93 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the swamp white oak.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. St Francis of Assisi School
    660 feet
  2. P.S. 087 Bronx School
    660 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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