Westchester Avenue & East 165th Street

Westchester Avenue and East 165th Street (south-west) meet at a three-way junction in Longwood, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Benjamin Gladstone Square is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Simpson St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Simpson St
50 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Westchester Av/Simpson St · Bx4
Within a walk
29 places
11 religious buildings, 7 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & East 165th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Simpson St, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Simpson St 2, 5
    50 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
    1,130 feet
    2 5
  2. Hunts Point Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Renewal” (2008) by Lisa Amowitz at the Simpson St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Simpson St, 20 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Simpson St Bx4
    20 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 165th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 165 St & Fox St 27 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.4 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2016.

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 375 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Westchester Avenue (south side).

North side of East 165th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of East 165th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 223290.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Italian Renaissance, and built between 1912 and 1914.

  1. 62nd Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Democracy Prep Endurance Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    210 feet
  2. Democracy Preparatory Endurance Charter School
    260 feet
  3. Accion Academy School
    910 feet
Show all 9
  1. School of Performing Arts School
    910 feet
  2. South Bronx Classical Charter School
    910 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School V School
    910 feet
  4. Bold Charter School Annex School
    940 feet
  5. P.S. 150 Charles James Fox School
    1,000 feet
  6. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tiffany Playground
    340 feet
  2. Printers Park
    710 feet
  3. Benjamin Gladstone Square
    730 feet
Show all 8
  1. Black Joy Farm Garden
    880 feet
  2. Field Of Dreams Court Park
    1,070 feet
  3. Printers Park Playground (North Area) Playground
    1,150 feet
  4. Paradise on Earth Community Garden
    1,160 feet
  5. Horseshoe Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Simpson Street Subway Station and Substation #18 (IRT) Listed historic place
    40 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Assembly Christian Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 27 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 165th Street or Westchester Avenue.

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