Westchester Avenue & Cauldwell Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Cauldwell Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Mary's Park development. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Classics Bronx Community Garden is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them schools, and six places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1937 and 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
640 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Westchester Av/Saint Ann'S Av · Bx4
Within a walk
25 places
7 schools, 4 gardens and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Cauldwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Av, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    640 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. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Latin American Stories” (2009) by George Crespo at the Jackson Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Saint Ann'S Av, 460 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Saint Ann'S Av Bx4
    460 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 1937 and 1960.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Mary's Park development.

Since 2014 at least 49 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Cauldwell Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Cauldwell Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Leaders of Excellence, Advocacy and Discovery School
    890 feet
  2. P.S. X643 School
    890 feet
  3. South Bronx School of Technology Trade or language school
    940 feet
Show all 10
  1. Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science School
    900 feet
  2. I.S. 584 School
    900 feet
  3. University Prep Charter High School
    900 feet
  4. Storefront Academy Charter School
    990 feet
  5. Sunshine LC of Jackson Ave Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  6. Sunshine Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,020 feet
  7. Brilla Veritas Charter School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Eagle Slope Garden
    310 feet
  2. The Classics Bronx Community Garden
    690 feet
  3. Magnolia Tree Community Garden
    800 feet
Show all 7
  1. St. Mary's Park
    930 feet
  2. Pontiac Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. Captain Rivera Playground
    1,220 feet
  4. Isla Verde Garden
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    710 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Saint Mary's Park Community Center
    370 feet
  2. Hub Post Office
    570 feet
  3. Older adult center at 735 East 152nd Street Older adult center
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Community center at Adams Community center
    930 feet
  2. Community center at Saint Mary's Park Community center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 Cauldwell Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.