Bruckner Boulevard & Westchester Avenue at Westchester Avenue Pedestrian Overpass

Bruckner Boulevard, Westchester Avenue and Westchester Avenue Pedestrian Overpass meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island, Bronx, at the edge of Pelham Bay Park. The corner is also named Amendola Plaza by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Sweetgum Playground is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Bay Park, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Bay Park
50 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Amendola Plaza/Westchester Av · T103
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 park features and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bruckner Boulevard & Westchester Avenue at Westchester Avenue Pedestrian Overpass Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Bay Park, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Pelham Bay Park 6
    50 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amendola Plaza/Westchester Av, 90 feet away, for the T103.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amendola Plaza/Westchester Av T103
    90 feet
    T103

Next buses at this stop

  1. T103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Charles J Crimi Road at Pelham Parkway, 1,280 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3065 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
13
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island; the corner is on the edge of the Pelham Bay Park area

This corner is also named Amendola Plaza, a co-naming enacted on November 10, 1982 (Local Law 72 of 1982).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the red maple.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Amendola Plaza.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2026 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Westchester Avenue (north side).

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 218083.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 park features
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Inspired Community Project Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    150 feet
  2. The Children's Circle Preschool
    330 feet
  3. Bronx Starbright Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Greek American Inst of NY School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pelham Bay Park
    220 feet
  2. South Meadow in Pelham Bay Park Park feature
    680 feet
  3. Sweetgum Playground
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Nature Center in Pelham Bay Park Park feature
    930 feet
  2. Memorial Grove in Pelham Bay Park Park feature
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,320 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bruckner Boulevard, Westchester Avenue or Westchester Avenue Pedestrian Overpass.

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