Westchester Avenue & Brook Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Brook Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Hub Post Office is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av-149 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, seven of them schools, and 34 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2008 and 2025, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av-149 St
960 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Bergen Av/Westchester Av · M125
Within a walk
24 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Brook Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av-149 St, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    960 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Una Raza, Un Mundo, Universo (One Race, One World, One Universe)” (1996) by José Ortega at the 3 Av-149 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bergen Av/Westchester Av, 500 feet away, for the M125.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen Av/Westchester Av M125 · Shelter
    500 feet
    M125
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Ann's Ave & Westchester Ave 19 docks in all
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at St Anns Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 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.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 2008 and 2025.

Since 2014 at least 697 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 68 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brook Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES
  • Back-in parking only 11 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Brook Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italian Renaissance Revival, and built between 1912 and 1913.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Zeta Charter School -South Bronx School
    560 feet
  2. Zeta Charter Schools - South Bronx School
    560 feet
  3. Tiny Tunes Day Care Bergen Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
Show all 12
  1. Leaders of Excellence, Advocacy and Discovery School
    1,020 feet
  2. P.S. X643 School
    1,020 feet
  3. Career and Employment Services Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  4. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  5. Cudley's Training Program Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  6. Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science School
    1,240 feet
  7. I.S. 584 School
    1,240 feet
  8. University Prep Charter High School
    1,240 feet
  9. New York Child Resource Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Eagle Slope Garden
    730 feet
  2. Magnolia Tree Community Garden
    1,150 feet
  3. St. Mary's Park
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at La Central Public space
    620 feet
  2. Roberto Clemente Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hertlein and Schlatter Silk Trimmings Factory Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. C. Rieger's Sons Factory Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hub Post Office
    600 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brook 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.