Blondell Avenue & Chesbrough Avenue

Blondell Avenue and Chesbrough Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Westchester Square, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Battalion 20/Squad 61 firehouse is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and 14 places to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1928, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Williamsbridge Rd/Silver St · Bx8, Bx24, Bx31
Within a walk
4 places
1 fire station, 1 post office and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blondell Avenue & Chesbrough Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “City of Glass” (1993) by Romare Bearden and “The Land Between Open Water” (2024) by Shervone Neckles at the Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Williamsbridge Rd/Silver St, 570 feet away, for the Bx8, Bx24 and Bx31.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Williamsbridge Rd/Silver St Bx8, Bx24, Bx31
    570 feet
    Bx8 Bx24 Bx31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …
  2. Bx24 …
  3. Bx31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Waters Place at Hutchinson River Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1490 Williamsbridge Road Gas station
    790 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1,050 feet
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
13 and 18 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
45 and 49 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westchester Square
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1928.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Blondell Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Chesbrough Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM

South side of Chesbrough Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 fire station
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Haven Charter High School
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Westchester Post Office
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 20/Squad 61 Fire station
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blondell Avenue or Chesbrough Avenue.

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