Westchester Avenue & Fox Street

Westchester Avenue and Fox Street meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. The corner is also named Kyhara Tay Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Democracy Preparatory Endurance Charter School is 150 feet away, and Paradise on Earth Community Garden is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Simpson St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Simpson St
250 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Westchester Av/Simpson St · Bx4
Within a walk
28 places
9 religious buildings, 8 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Fox Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Simpson St, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Simpson St 2, 5
    250 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. Intervale Av 2, 5
    890 feet
    2 5
  2. Hunts Point Av 6
    0.3 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/Simpson St, 260 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Simpson St Bx4
    260 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 55 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 165 St & Fox St 27 docks in all
    140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2026

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
60 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Kyhara Tay Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 558 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Kyhara Tay Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and February 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fox Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Fox Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 219330, 219331 and 223290.

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
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Democracy Prep Endurance Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    40 feet
  2. Democracy Preparatory Endurance Charter School
    150 feet
  3. Accion Academy School
    670 feet
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  1. School of Performing Arts School
    670 feet
  2. South Bronx Classical Charter School
    670 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School V School
    670 feet
  4. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  5. P.S. 150 Charles James Fox School
    930 feet
  6. Bold Charter School Annex School
    1,170 feet
  7. Pharos Academy Charter School
    1,250 feet
  8. La Peninsula Community Organization Head Start Program 2 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tiffany Playground
    270 feet
  2. Printers Park
    940 feet
  3. Benjamin Gladstone Square
    960 feet
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  1. Paradise on Earth Community Garden
    1,090 feet
  2. Black Joy Farm Garden
    1,120 feet
  3. Horseshoe Playground
    1,150 feet
  4. Field Of Dreams Court Park
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Assembly Christian Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    850 feet
  3. Food Fair Fresh Market 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fox Street or Westchester Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, 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.