Westchester Avenue & Croes Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Croes Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Watson Gleason Playground is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, St Lawrence Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
St Lawrence Av
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Westchester Av/Noble Av · Bx4, Bx4A
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Croes Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is St Lawrence Av, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    1,050 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
    1,070 feet
    6
  2. Elder Av 6
    0.5 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/Noble Av, 230 feet away, for the Bx4 and Bx4A.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Noble Av Bx4, Bx4A
    230 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Metcalf Avenue & Bronx River Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1661 Watson Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 5 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 September 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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 254 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of Croes Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Croes Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Westchester Avenue

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

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Sound Dale Center for Early Childhood Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Watson Gleason Playground
    770 feet
  2. Harrod Place Community Garden
    880 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Morrison Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Abiding Presence House of worship
    950 feet
  2. Commonwealth Community Baptist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Soundview Post Office
    400 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    410 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 23 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 Croes 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.