East Tremont Avenue & Westchester Avenue

East Tremont Avenue and Westchester Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Westchester Square, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Westchester Square Plaza is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, nine of them schools, and 27 places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
25 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av
310 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Westchester Av/East Tremont Av · Bx24
Within a walk
22 places
9 schools, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Tremont Avenue & Westchester Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    310 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/East Tremont Av, 30 feet away, for the Bx24.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/East Tremont Av Bx24
    30 feet
    Bx24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 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, 1,090 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 91 Westchester Square Gas station
    420 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 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2022

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 four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the red maple and the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2025 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

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

East side of East Tremont Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East Tremont Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Westchester Avenue

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

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 209551 and 211213.

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
    530 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. Seat Sculpture by David Saunders, 1987
    250 feet
  2. Westchester Square Memorial Stele by John Oakman, 1925
    320 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 cemetery
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Barber Institute Trade or language school
    140 feet
  2. Life Skills Preschool Westchester Sq School
    570 feet
  3. P.S. X012 Lewis and Clark School
    1,100 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bronx River High School
    1,210 feet
  2. Herbert H. Lehman High School
    1,210 feet
  3. Pelham Lab High School
    1,210 feet
  4. Renaissance High School for Musical Theater and the Arts School
    1,210 feet
  5. Schuylerville Preparatory High School
    1,210 feet
  6. Westchester Square Academy School
    1,210 feet
  7. P.S. X721 - Stephen McSweeney School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Owen F. Dolen Park
    90 feet
  2. Pelham Bay Little League Park
    720 feet
  3. Samuel H. Young Park
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ferris Family Burial Plot Cemetery
    900 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Westchester Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    90 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Westchester Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. St. Peter's Church, Chapel and Cemetery Complex Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters Church House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Owen Dolen Recreation Center
    110 feet
  2. Westchester Post Office
    690 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    630 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,120 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    470 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.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East Tremont Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

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