Westchester Avenue & Faile Street

Westchester Avenue and Faile Street meet at a three-way junction in Longwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Benjamin Gladstone Square is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, Simpson St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them parks, and 21 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Westchester Avenue.

Safety record
15 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Simpson St
970 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Westchester Av/Hoe Av · Bx4
Within a walk
18 places
4 parks, 4 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Faile Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Simpson St, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Simpson St 2, 5
    970 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. Whitlock Av 6
    1,180 feet
    6
  2. Hunts Point Av 6
    0.4 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/Hoe Av, 300 feet away, for the Bx4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Westchester Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 167 St & Bryant Ave 20 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1441 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023

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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 1910 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 26 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Faile Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-9AM

West side of Faile Street

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

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 201995 and 220676.

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
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Roman Catholic Church of St. John Chrysostom School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  2. St John Chrysostom School
    1,150 feet
  3. Bold Charter School Annex School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benjamin Gladstone Square
    380 feet
  2. Bryant Triangle
    390 feet
  3. Printers Park
    700 feet
Show all 9
  1. Printers Park Playground (North Area) Playground
    710 feet
  2. Longfellow Playground
    800 feet
  3. Printers Park Playground (South Area) Playground
    1,070 feet
  4. Field Of Dreams Court Park
    1,220 feet
  5. New Hoe Avenue Garden
    1,230 feet
  6. Lyons Square Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Simpson Street Subway Station and Substation #18 (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Boulevard Post Office
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare 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 21 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Faile Street or Westchester Avenue.

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