Herschell Street & Halsey Street

Herschell Street and Halsey 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. The Pearly Gates is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Zerega Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Zerega Av
870 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
Westchester Av/Zerega Av · Bx4, T103
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 listed historic place and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Herschell Street & Halsey Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Zerega Av, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Zerega Av 6
    870 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden of Earthly Delights” (2015) by Jaime Arredondo at the Zerega Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Zerega Av, 860 feet away, for the Bx4 and T103.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Zerega Av Bx4, T103
    860 feet
    Bx4 T103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. T103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Zerega Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2276 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 June 2014.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Halsey Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Halsey Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Herschell Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./M.S. 194 School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Pearly Gates Playground
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Peter's Church, Chapel and Cemetery Complex Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters Church Landmark
    1,230 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Halsey Street or Herschell Street.

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.