Waterbury Avenue & Commerce Avenue

Waterbury Avenue and Commerce Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Westchester Square, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 575 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Ferris Family Burial Plot is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. Within 820 feet are 46 homes, mostly built between 1970 and 2004, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Westchester Av/Benson St · Bx21
Within a walk
1 place
1 cemetery, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Waterbury Avenue & Commerce Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    0.4 miles
    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 Westchester Av/Benson St, 0.3 miles away, for the Bx21.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Benson St Bx21
    0.3 miles
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

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
    0.5 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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 575 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,104th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 203 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westchester Square
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 46 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1970 and 2004.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Commerce Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Waterbury Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Waterbury Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 6AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 cemetery

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ferris Family Burial Plot Cemetery
    1,290 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Commerce Avenue or Waterbury Avenue.

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