Westchester Avenue & Commonwealth Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Watson Gleason Playground is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, St Lawrence Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
St Lawrence Av
230 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Westchester Av/Saint Lawrence Av · Bx4, Bx4A
Within a walk
12 places
8 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Commonwealth Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is St Lawrence Av, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    230 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
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Parkchester 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Community (Acer rubrum, Rosa palustris, Smilax rotundifolia, Carya cordiformis),” (2011) by Alison Mortisugu at the St Lawrence Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Saint Lawrence Av, 180 feet away, for the Bx4 and Bx4A.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Saint Lawrence Av Bx4, Bx4A
    180 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
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 1926 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Commonwealth Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Commonwealth Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of Westchester Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 047 John Randolph School
    760 feet
  2. Sound Dale Center for Early Childhood Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Watson Gleason Playground
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Commonwealth Community Baptist Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Atonement Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Soundview Post Office
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 21 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Commonwealth Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.