Westchester Avenue & Hewitt Place

Westchester Avenue and Hewitt Place meet at a three-way junction in Longwood, Bronx. The corner is also named Christian Church John 3:16 Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Christian Church is 150 feet away, and Bronx Regional High School is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
570 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Westchester Av/Rev J Polite Av · Bx4
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Hewitt Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    570 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
    1,060 feet
    2 5
  2. Longwood Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx. Four Seasons” (2008) by Marina Tsersarskaya at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Rev J Polite Av, 270 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Rev J Polite Av Bx4
    270 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Westchester Ave & Longwood Ave 23 docks in all
    550 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. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    610 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
49 feet above sea level

This corner carries three co-namings: Christian Church John 3:16 Way (Local Law 121 of 2025, enacted on August 13, 2025), Reverend Fernando Gutierrez Way (Local Law 121 of 2025, enacted on August 13, 2025) and Reverend Pedro ‘Pelle’ Rios Way (Local Law 121 of 2025, enacted on August 13, 2025).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 174 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the European hornbeam and the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hewitt Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hewitt Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Longwood Academy of Discovery School
    760 feet
  2. Fidelis Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,010 feet
  3. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
Show all 5
  1. Arturo A. Schomburg Satellite Academy Bronx School
    1,260 feet
  2. Bronx Regional High School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dawson Playground
    770 feet
  2. Stebbins Playground
    820 feet
  3. Wishing Well Garden
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bill Rainey Park
    1,050 feet
  2. Schomburg Arts Garden
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    600 feet
  2. Casa Amadeo, Antigua Casa Hernandez Listed historic place
    780 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Church House of worship
    150 feet
  2. United Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    880 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hewitt Place or Westchester Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.