Westchester Avenue & Cooper Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Cooper Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Hutchinson Metro Center, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Westchester Square Plaza is 410 feet away, and Bronx River High School is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them schools, and 22 places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av
640 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Westchester Av/Blondel Av · Bx24
Within a walk
19 places
8 schools, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Cooper Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    640 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Middletown Rd 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Zerega Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “City of Glass” (1993) by Romare Bearden and “The Land Between Open Water” (2024) by Shervone Neckles at the Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Blondel Av, 170 feet away, for the Bx24.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Blondel Av Bx24
    170 feet
    Bx24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 760 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 91 Westchester Square Gas station
    100 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hutchinson Metro Center

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Owen F. Dolen Park.

  1. Westchester Square Memorial Stele by John Oakman, 1925
    560 feet
  2. Seat Sculpture by David Saunders, 1987
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Barber Institute Trade or language school
    450 feet
  2. Life Skills Preschool Westchester Sq School
    900 feet
  3. P.S. X721 - Stephen McSweeney School
    940 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bronx River High School
    1,140 feet
  2. Herbert H. Lehman High School
    1,140 feet
  3. Pelham Lab High School
    1,140 feet
  4. Renaissance High School for Musical Theater and the Arts School
    1,140 feet
  5. Schuylerville Preparatory High School
    1,140 feet
  6. Westchester Square Academy School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pelham Bay Little League Park
    390 feet
  2. Owen F. Dolen Park
    420 feet
  3. Samuel H. Young Park
    660 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ferris Family Burial Plot Cemetery
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Westchester Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    410 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Westchester Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Owen Dolen Recreation Center
    430 feet
  2. Westchester Post Office
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    790 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cooper Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

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