Westchester Avenue & Hoe Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Hoe Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. The corner is also named Dr. Serafin Izquierdo Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bryant Triangle is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Simpson St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Westchester Avenue.

Safety record
17 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Simpson St
650 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Westchester Av/Hoe Av · Bx4
Within a walk
24 places
8 religious buildings, 4 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Hoe Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Simpson St, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Simpson St 2, 5
    650 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
    0.3 miles
    6
  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/Hoe Av, 30 feet away, for the Bx4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Westchester Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Westchester Ave & Southern Blvd 21 docks in all
    330 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 2 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, May 2024

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
66 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Dr. Serafin Izquierdo Way, a co-naming enacted on August 3, 2016 (Local Law 92 of 2016).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Dr. Serafin Izquierdo Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hoe Avenue

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

West side of Hoe Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

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 standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 201995.

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
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Roman Catholic Church of St. John Chrysostom School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  2. St John Chrysostom School
    820 feet
  3. Bold Charter School Annex School
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Democracy Prep Endurance Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,050 feet
  2. Democracy Preparatory Endurance Charter School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benjamin Gladstone Square
    50 feet
  2. Printers Park
    370 feet
  3. Printers Park Playground (North Area) Playground
    390 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bryant Triangle
    720 feet
  2. Printers Park Playground (South Area) Playground
    740 feet
  3. Field Of Dreams Court Park
    900 feet
  4. Longfellow Playground
    910 feet
  5. New Hoe Avenue Garden
    960 feet
  6. Tiffany Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Boulevard Post Office
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    290 feet
  2. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 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 25 places to eat and 33 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hoe Avenue 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, NYC Records, 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.