Bruckner Boulevard & Westchester Avenue

Bruckner Boulevard and Westchester Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Bay Park, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Pelham Bay Park is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Bay Park, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them park features, and ten places to eat. Along Westchester Avenue run a bus lane, all day, and a bike lane separated from traffic.

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Bruckner Boulevard & Westchester Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Bay Park, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Pelham Bay Park 6
    370 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Bruckner Blvd, 220 feet away, for the Bx12 and Bx12 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Bruckner Blvd Bx12, Bx12 SBS · Shelter
    220 feet
    Bx12 Bx12 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx12 …
  2. Bx12 SBS …

Live arrivals

Westchester Avenue carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Westchester Avenue.

  • 8 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, 70 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3065 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.7 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10465
Community board
Bronx Community Board 28
City Council district
13
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Bay Park
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the sweetgum.

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

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. The Inspired Community Project Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  2. The Children's Circle Preschool
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pelham Bay Park
    100 feet
  2. South Meadow in Pelham Bay Park Park feature
    220 feet
  3. Nature Center in Pelham Bay Park Park feature
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. Memorial Grove in Pelham Bay Park Park feature
    680 feet
  2. Sweetgum Playground
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bronx Victory Memorial Column Monument or memorial
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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