Westchester Avenue & Ferris Place

Westchester Avenue and Ferris Place meet at a three-way junction in Westchester Square, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The sculpture “Seat” is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Westchester Av/Ferris Pl · T103
Within a walk
17 places
4 religious buildings, 3 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Ferris Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    80 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Zerega Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Middletown Rd 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “City of Glass” (1993) by Romare Bearden and “The Land Between Open Water” (2024) by Shervone Neckles at the Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Ferris Pl, 20 feet away, for the T103.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Ferris Pl T103
    20 feet
    T103

Next buses at this stop

  1. T103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 91 Westchester Square Gas station
    670 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
18
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westchester Square
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ferris Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ferris Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 210175.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Gothic Revival. They were built between 1853 and 1883.

  1. Van Schaick Free Reading Room Designated landmark
    310 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Owen F. Dolen Park.

  1. Seat Sculpture by David Saunders, 1987
    90 feet
  2. Westchester Square Memorial Stele by John Oakman, 1925
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 cemetery
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Barber Institute Trade or language school
    330 feet
  2. Life Skills Preschool Westchester Sq School
    730 feet
  3. P.S. X012 Lewis and Clark School
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Owen F. Dolen Park
    40 feet
  2. Ferris Family Burial Plot Cemetery
    650 feet
  3. Pelham Bay Little League Park
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Samuel H. Young Park
    1,070 feet
  2. The Pearly Gates Playground
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Westchester Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Westchester Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    160 feet
  2. St. Peter's Church, Chapel and Cemetery Complex Listed historic place
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters Church Landmark
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Owen Dolen Recreation Center
    180 feet
  2. Westchester Post Office
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    710 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

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