Westchester Avenue & Forest Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Forest Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Mary's Park development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Anselms Church is 510 feet away, and Saint Mary's Park Community Center is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them schools, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
260 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Westchester Av/E 156 St · Bx4
Within a walk
23 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Forest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Av, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    260 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. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. E 149 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Latin American Stories” (2009) by George Crespo at the Jackson Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/E 156 St, 420 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/E 156 St Bx4
    420 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Westchester Ave & E 156 St 23 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 1958 and 1964.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Mary's Park development.

Since 2014 at least 134 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Forest Avenue

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - SEPT 30 WEDNESDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Forest Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - SEPT 30 WEDNESDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 community centers
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School
    850 feet
  2. Academy of Public Relations School
    860 feet
  3. South Bronx School of Technology Trade or language school
    970 feet
Show all 10
  1. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    860 feet
  2. P.S. X017 School
    860 feet
  3. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    860 feet
  4. Sunshine LC of Jackson Ave Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  5. Sunshine Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,040 feet
  6. Storefront Academy Charter School
    1,070 feet
  7. St Anselm School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Rivera Playground
    190 feet
  2. Abigail Playground
    610 feet
  3. Isla Verde Garden
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pontiac Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    410 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselms Church Listed historic place
    510 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Saint Mary's Park Community center
    170 feet
  2. Older adult center at 735 East 152nd Street Older adult center
    590 feet
  3. Community center at Adams Community center
    590 feet
Show all 4
  1. Saint Mary's Park Community Center
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    370 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    700 feet
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,250 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 14 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 Forest Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

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