Westchester Avenue & Blondell Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Blondell Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Hutchinson Metro Center, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Owen F. Dolen Park is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, nine of them schools, and 23 places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av
500 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Westchester Av/Blondel Av · Bx24
Within a walk
21 places
9 schools, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Blondell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    500 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Middletown Rd 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 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/Blondel Av, 30 feet away, for the Bx24.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Blondel Av Bx24
    30 feet
    Bx24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 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, 900 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 91 Westchester Square Gas station
    230 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
13 and 18 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
45 and 49 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hutchinson Metro Center
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Blondell Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Blondell Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, and built between 1882 and 1883.

  1. Van Schaick Free Reading Room Designated landmark
    720 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Owen F. Dolen Park.

  1. Seat Sculpture by David Saunders, 1987
    440 feet
  2. Westchester Square Memorial Stele by John Oakman, 1925
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Barber Institute Trade or language school
    330 feet
  2. Life Skills Preschool Westchester Sq School
    760 feet
  3. P.S. X721 - Stephen McSweeney School
    1,080 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bronx River High School
    1,150 feet
  2. Herbert H. Lehman High School
    1,150 feet
  3. Pelham Lab High School
    1,150 feet
  4. Renaissance High School for Musical Theater and the Arts School
    1,150 feet
  5. Schuylerville Preparatory High School
    1,150 feet
  6. Westchester Square Academy School
    1,150 feet
  7. P.S. X012 Lewis and Clark School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Owen F. Dolen Park
    280 feet
  2. Pelham Bay Little League Park
    530 feet
  3. Samuel H. Young Park
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ferris Family Burial Plot Cemetery
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Westchester Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Westchester Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Owen Dolen Recreation Center
    290 feet
  2. Westchester Post Office
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    810 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    810 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    650 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blondell Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

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