Westchester Avenue & Colgate Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Colgate Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Watson Houses Playground is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, Elder Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 20 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elder Av
760 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Westchester Av/Colgate Av · Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
Within a walk
9 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Colgate Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elder Av, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Elder Av 6
    760 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Whitlock Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Morrison Av-Soundview 6
    0.4 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/Colgate Av, 60 feet away, for the Bx4, Bx4A and Bx27.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Colgate Av Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
    60 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A Bx27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …
  3. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Morrison Avenue & Bronx River Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2018
  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
17
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
16 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Greenspire' littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Westchester Avenue (south side).

East side of Colgate Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Colgate Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 220018, 220019, 221181, 222991 and 222992.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Arcadia Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    120 feet
  2. Genius Therapy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    120 feet
  3. Tremont Crotona Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
Show all 4
  1. Tiny Tunes Daycare Evergreen Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Starlight Park
    570 feet
  2. Concrete Plant Park
    640 feet
  3. Watson Houses Playground
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bronx River Trail Nature area
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    140 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 26 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Colgate 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.