Butler Place & Rowe Street

Butler Place and Rowe Street meet at a three-way junction in Westchester Square, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Peters Church is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them listed historic places, and one place to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

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Butler Place & Rowe Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 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/Saint Peters Av, 1,130 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Saint Peters Av Bx4
    1,130 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 91 Westchester Square Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

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 October 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
18
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westchester Square
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Butler Place

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Butler Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Rowe Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

South side of Rowe Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1853 and 1868.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ferris Family Burial Plot Cemetery
    710 feet
  2. Owen F. Dolen Park
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Peter's Church, Chapel and Cemetery Complex Listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. Westchester Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters Church Landmark
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

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