Parker Street & Stearns Street

Parker Street and Stearns Street meet at a three-way junction in Westchester Square, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Castle Hill Playground is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Zerega Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Zerega Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Metropolitan Av/Castle Hill Av · Bx4A
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parker Street & Stearns Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Zerega Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Zerega Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.4 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 Metropolitan Av/Castle Hill Av, 940 feet away, for the Bx4A.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Castle Hill Av Bx4A
    940 feet
    Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Ellis Avenue at Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2400 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
18
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westchester Square
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 224 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Parker Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Stearns Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Stearns Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 127 the Castle Hill School
    710 feet
  2. Linden Tree Elementary School
    710 feet
  3. St Raymond Academy for Girls School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Glover Street Community Garden
    360 feet
  2. Castle Hill Playground
    570 feet
  3. Caserta Playground
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Santa Maria Church House of worship
    310 feet
  2. St Raymonds RC Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Parker Street or Stearns Street.

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