Westchester Avenue & East 158th Street

Westchester Avenue and East 158th Street meet at a three-way junction in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Abigail Playground is 740 feet away, and Montefiore Hebrew Congregation (now United Church) stands 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
440 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Westchester Av/Prospect Av · Bx4
Within a walk
25 places
11 religious buildings, 8 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & East 158th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    440 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. Intervale Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx. Four Seasons” (2008) by Marina Tsersarskaya at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Prospect Av, 370 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Prospect Av Bx4
    370 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Ave & Longwood Ave 29 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 158th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 25 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1900 and 1907.

  1. Montefiore Hebrew Congregation (now United Church) Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School
    510 feet
  2. Academy of Public Relations School
    780 feet
  3. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    780 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. X017 School
    780 feet
  2. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    780 feet
  3. Fidelis Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  4. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School
    1,160 feet
  5. United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science LL School
    1,240 feet
  6. United Charter High School for the Humanities II School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abigail Playground
    740 feet
  2. Captain Rivera Playground
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Casa Amadeo, Antigua Casa Hernandez Listed historic place
    720 feet
  3. Woodstock Library Landmark
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Church House of worship
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    810 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 158th Street or Westchester Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.