Westchester Avenue & Edgewater Road

Westchester Avenue and Edgewater Road meet at a three-way junction in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx River Trail is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitlock Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them parks, and 14 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitlock Av
480 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Westchester Av/Whitlock Av · Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
Within a walk
14 places
4 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Edgewater Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitlock Av, 480 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitlock Av 6
    480 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Elder Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx River View” (2010) by Barbara Grygutis at the Whitlock Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Whitlock Av, 420 feet away, for the Bx4, Bx4A and Bx27.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Whitlock Av Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
    420 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A Bx27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …
  3. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Edgewater Road and Westchester Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Home St & Westchester Ave 21 docks in all
    510 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
17
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 800 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 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the gray birch.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Edgewater Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Arcadia Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,040 feet
  2. Genius Therapy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  3. Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Starlight Park
    200 feet
  2. Concrete Plant Park
    280 feet
  3. Daniel Boone Playground
    460 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bronx River Trail Nature area
    660 feet
  2. Bryant Triangle
    1,070 feet
  3. Silos in Concrete Plant Park Park feature
    1,150 feet
  4. Freeman Triangle
    1,190 feet
  5. Longfellow Playground
    1,260 feet
  6. Hoppers in Concrete Plant Park Park feature
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 15 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Edgewater Road or Westchester Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 3, 2026.