Westchester Avenue & Beach Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Beach Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Commonwealth Community Baptist Church is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, St Lawrence Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
19 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
St Lawrence Av
230 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Westchester Av/Saint Lawrence Av · Bx4, Bx4A
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Beach Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is St Lawrence Av, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    230 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Morrison Av-Soundview 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Community (Acer rubrum, Rosa palustris, Smilax rotundifolia, Carya cordiformis),” (2011) by Alison Mortisugu at the St Lawrence Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Saint Lawrence Av, 220 feet away, for the Bx4 and Bx4A.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Saint Lawrence Av Bx4, Bx4A
    220 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    1,070 feet
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of Beach Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Beach Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 222529 and 222881.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 047 John Randolph School
    430 feet
  2. Brilla College Prep Charter High School
    1,030 feet
  3. Girls Prep CS - Bronx HS School
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York School
    1,030 feet
  2. Vertex Partnership Academies CHS School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Virginia Park
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Commonwealth Community Baptist Church House of worship
    500 feet
  2. Atonement Episcopal Church House of worship
    550 feet
  3. Jehovahs Witnesses Taylor Ave House of worship
    780 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

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