Frisby Avenue & Overing Street

Frisby Avenue and Overing Street meet at a four-way crossing in Westchester Square, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Van Schaick Free Reading Room stands 560 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, five of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1937, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
Lane Av/Benson Av · Bx4A
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frisby Avenue & Overing Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    1,100 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, 860 feet away, for the Bx4A.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 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
    0.3 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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2023.

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 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 1937.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the European hornbeam.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Frisby Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Frisby Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Frisby Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Overing Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Overing Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

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
    560 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
    660 feet
  2. Seat Sculpture by David Saunders, 1987
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. X012 Lewis and Clark School
    320 feet
  2. Life Skills Preschool Westchester Sq School
    710 feet
  3. Promesa Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Pearly Gates Playground
    800 feet
  2. Owen F. Dolen Park
    810 feet

Health care

  1. Montefiore Medical Center - Montefiore Westchester Square Hospital
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Westchester Square Library
    400 feet
  2. Westchester Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. St. Peter's Church, Chapel and Cemetery Complex Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters Church House of worship
    890 feet
  2. Westchester United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Westchester Post Office
    880 feet
  2. Owen Dolen Recreation Center
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    780 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    830 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    760 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    870 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frisby Avenue or Overing Street.

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