St Raymond Avenue & Benson Street

St Raymond Avenue and Benson Street meet at a four-way crossing in Westchester Square, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Westchester Square Library is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1928, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
East Tremont Av/Saint Raymonds Av · Bx4A, Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
10 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Raymond Avenue & Benson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    0.3 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 East Tremont Av/Saint Raymonds Av, 230 feet away, for the Bx4A, Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Saint Raymonds Av Bx4A, Bx40, Bx42
    230 feet
    Bx4A Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4A …
  2. Bx40 …
  3. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 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. 1490 Williamsbridge Road Gas station
    1,070 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1,230 feet
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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 2019.

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
41 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 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on St Raymond Avenue (both sides).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 207789 and 209019.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 hospital
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Promesa Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  2. P.S. X012 Lewis and Clark School
    1,000 feet
  3. Life Skills Preschool Westchester Sq School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Owen F. Dolen Park
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. Montefiore Medical Center - Montefiore Westchester Square Hospital
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Westchester Square Library
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Westchester United Methodist Church House of worship
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Westchester Post Office
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 20/Squad 61 Fire station
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    540 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    990 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    440 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,070 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    320 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 12 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Benson Street or St Raymond Avenue.

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