Eastchester Road & Blondell Avenue

Eastchester Road and Blondell Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Hutchinson Metro Center, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Battalion 20/Squad 61 firehouse is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and seven places to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1928, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Eastchester Rd/Waters Pl · Bx31
Within a walk
4 places
1 fire station, 1 hospital and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Eastchester Road & Blondell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 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 Eastchester Rd/Waters Pl, 420 feet away, for the Bx31.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Eastchester Rd/Waters Pl Bx31
    420 feet
    Bx31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Waters Place at Hutchinson River Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1490 Williamsbridge Road Gas station
    470 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    730 feet
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9:30am to 7pm on Eastchester Road (west side).

East side of Blondell Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Blondell Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY 6AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Blondell Avenue

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

East side of Eastchester Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY SATURDAY 9:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Eastchester Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY SATURDAY 9:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 204424, 210723, 211038, 211531 and 218202.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 fire station
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Haven Charter High School
    850 feet

Health care

  1. Calvary Hospital
    1,140 feet
  2. Calvary Home Health Agency and Hospice Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Westchester United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 20/Squad 61 Fire station
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Blondell Avenue or Eastchester Road.

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