Westchester Avenue & East 177th Street

Westchester Avenue and East 177th Street meet at a three-way junction in Parkchester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Virginia Park is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1967, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
9 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Westchester Av/Pugsley Av · Bx4
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 3 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & East 177th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    520 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Day in Parkchester” (2011) by William Low at the Parkchester station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Pugsley Av, 330 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Pugsley Av Bx4
    330 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    1,320 feet
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Parkchester
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1967.

Since 2014 at least 82 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Westchester Avenue (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Westchester Avenue (south side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 200703 and 218485.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cheer-And-Grow Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  2. Bronx Charter School for Excellence School
    890 feet
  3. Bronx Charter School for Excellence Middle School
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. American Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hugh J. Grant Circle
    400 feet
  2. Virginia Park
    760 feet
  3. Virginia Playground
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkchester Library
    310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Parkchester Baptist Church House of worship
    770 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1380 Metropolitan Avenue Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    720 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. Chang Li Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    720 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 177th Street or Westchester Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.