Westchester Avenue & Colonial Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Colonial Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Pelham Bay Park is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Bay Park, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Bay Park
200 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Westchester Av/Amendola Plaza · Bx24
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 park features and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Colonial Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Bay Park, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Pelham Bay Park 6
    200 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Buhre Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Amendola Plaza, 180 feet away, for the Bx24.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Amendola Plaza Bx24
    180 feet
    Bx24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Charles J Crimi Road at Pelham Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3065 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
13
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island
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 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2024 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Colonial Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Colonial Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North 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
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 205691, 205926 and 205927.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 park features
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Circle Preschool
    180 feet
  2. The Inspired Community Project Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    300 feet
  3. Bronx Starbright Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. Greek American Inst of NY School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pelham Bay Park
    360 feet
  2. South Meadow in Pelham Bay Park Park feature
    820 feet
  3. Sweetgum Playground
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. Nature Center in Pelham Bay Park Park feature
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and eight 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 of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

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