Westchester Avenue & Boynton Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Boynton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Clason's Point Library is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Elder Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1929, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
16 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elder Av
250 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Westchester Av/Elder Av · Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Boynton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elder Av, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Elder Av 6
    250 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Morrison Av-Soundview 6
    1,020 feet
    6
  2. Whitlock Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx Trees” (2011) by Jean Whitesavage and Nick Lyle at the Elder Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Elder Av, 250 feet away, for the Bx4, Bx4A and Bx27.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Elder Av Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
    250 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A Bx27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …
  3. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Home St & Westchester Ave 21 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Morrison Avenue & Bronx River Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1441 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    1,290 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
17 and 18 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boynton Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Boynton Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

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 parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs 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: 218675, 219567, 219568 and 221922.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Excellent Children Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,060 feet
  2. Arcadia Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet
  3. Genius Therapy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 195 School
    1,280 feet
  2. P.S. 196 School
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Morrison Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clason's Point Library
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Green Pastures Baptist Church Listed historic place
    820 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Boynton Avenue Rehab Community center
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    910 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    930 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 41 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boynton Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, 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.