Frisby Avenue & Benson Street

Frisby Avenue and Benson Street meet at a four-way crossing in Westchester Square, Bronx. The corner is also named Larry Lusk Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. X012 Lewis and Clark School is 390 feet away, and Owen Dolen Recreation Center is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av
970 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Lane Av/Benson Av · Bx4A
Within a walk
16 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frisby Avenue & Benson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    970 feet
    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 Lane Av/Benson Av, 610 feet away, for the Bx4A.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lane Av/Benson Av Bx4A
    610 feet
    Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 91 Westchester Square Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
33 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Larry Lusk Way, a co-naming enacted on December 29, 2008 (Local Law 64 of 2008).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the European hornbeam.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Larry Lusk Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Benson Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Benson Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Frisby Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Frisby Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 204861 and 214455.

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
    570 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. Westchester Square Memorial Stele by John Oakman, 1925
    490 feet
  2. Seat Sculpture by David Saunders, 1987
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. X012 Lewis and Clark School
    390 feet
  2. Life Skills Preschool Westchester Sq School
    460 feet
  3. Promesa Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. American Barber Institute Trade or language school
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Owen F. Dolen Park
    560 feet
  2. The Pearly Gates Playground
    1,050 feet
  3. Ferris Family Burial Plot Cemetery
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Westchester Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Westchester Square Library
    650 feet
  2. Westchester Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Westchester United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Westchester Post Office
    630 feet
  2. Owen Dolen Recreation Center
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    530 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    590 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    510 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    620 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Benson Street or Frisby Avenue.

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