Blondell Avenue & Fink Avenue

Blondell Avenue and Fink Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Hutchinson Metro Center, Bronx. The corner is also named Side Street Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The sculpture “Seat” is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them parks, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av
740 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Westchester Av/Blondel Av · Bx24
Within a walk
13 places
3 parks, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blondell Avenue & Fink Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    740 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Middletown Rd 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Zerega Av 6
    0.4 miles
    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 Westchester Av/Blondel Av, 270 feet away, for the Bx24.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Blondel Av Bx24
    270 feet
    Bx24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 1,110 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 91 Westchester Square Gas station
    450 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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)
Hutchinson Metro Center
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Side Street Way, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Side Street Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Blondell Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Blondell Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Fink Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Fink Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 209550.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, and built between 1882 and 1883.

  1. Van Schaick Free Reading Room Designated landmark
    770 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Owen F. Dolen Park.

  1. Westchester Square Memorial Stele by John Oakman, 1925
    380 feet
  2. Seat Sculpture by David Saunders, 1987
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Barber Institute Trade or language school
    570 feet
  2. Life Skills Preschool Westchester Sq School
    590 feet
  3. P.S. X012 Lewis and Clark School
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. X721 - Stephen McSweeney School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Owen F. Dolen Park
    350 feet
  2. Pelham Bay Little League Park
    740 feet
  3. Samuel H. Young Park
    1,000 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Westchester Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    510 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Westchester Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Westchester Post Office
    490 feet
  2. Owen Dolen Recreation Center
    500 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    850 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,140 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    480 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blondell Avenue or Fink Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, 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.