Westchester Avenue & Continental Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Continental Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island, Bronx. The corner is also named George Meany Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Sweetgum Playground is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Bay Park, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Bay Park
680 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Westchester Av/Wilkinson Av · Bx24
Within a walk
7 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Continental Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Bay Park, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Pelham Bay Park 6
    680 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Buhre Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Wilkinson Av, 120 feet away, for the Bx24.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Wilkinson Av Bx24
    120 feet
    Bx24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
45 feet above sea level

This corner is also named George Meany Square, a co-naming enacted on July 30, 1980 (Local Law 38 of 1980).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 1964.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on George Meany Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Continental Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Continental Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Continental 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

South side of Westchester Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 205731, 205788 and 205789.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Circle Preschool
    330 feet
  2. Bronx Starbright Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    390 feet
  3. The Inspired Community Project Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pelham Bay Park
    840 feet
  2. Sweetgum Playground
    930 feet
  3. South Meadow in Pelham Bay Park Park feature
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    700 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 11 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Continental Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

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