Waters Place & Hutchinson River Parkway at Fink Avenue

Waters Place, Hutchinson River Parkway and Fink Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Hutchinson Metro Center, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Samuel H. Young Park is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Middletown Rd, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them parks, and five places to eat. About 150 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1929, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
15 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Middletown Rd
880 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Waters Pl/Fink Av · Bx21
Within a walk
4 places
2 parks, 1 religious building and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Waters Place & Hutchinson River Parkway at Fink Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Middletown Rd, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Middletown Rd 6
    880 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. Buhre Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cross-Bronx Waterway” (2015) by Amanda Schachter and Alexander Levi at the Middletown Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Waters Pl/Fink Av, 160 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Waters Pl/Fink Av Bx21
    160 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Waters Place at Hutchinson River Parkway, 280 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 91 Westchester Square Gas station
    1,220 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hutchinson Metro Center
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 150 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1929.

Trees

Seven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2024 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fink Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Waters Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Waters Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Waters Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. X721 - Stephen McSweeney School
    240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel H. Young Park
    360 feet
  2. Pelham Bay Little League Park
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Fink Avenue, Hutchinson River Parkway or Waters Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.