Westchester Avenue & East 161st Street

Westchester Avenue and East 161st Street meet at a three-way junction in Longwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bill Rainey Park is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
240 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Westchester Av/Prospect Av · Bx4
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & East 161st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    240 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. Intervale Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. Longwood Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

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, 110 feet away, for the Bx4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Westchester Ave & Longwood Ave 23 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person 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
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 161st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 161st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 25 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and built between 1900 and 1908.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Fidelis Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    680 feet
  2. The Longwood Academy of Discovery School
    1,100 feet
  3. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bill Rainey Park
    1,000 feet
  2. Dawson Playground
    1,110 feet
  3. Stebbins Playground
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Wishing Well Garden
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Casa Amadeo, Antigua Casa Hernandez Listed historic place
    450 feet
  3. Woodstock Library
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. United Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    550 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 161st 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.