Westchester Avenue & Home Street

Westchester Avenue and Home Street meet at a three-way junction in Longwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Starlight Park is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitlock Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Westchester Avenue.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitlock Av
90 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Westchester Av/Whitlock Av · Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 4 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Home Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitlock Av, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitlock Av 6
    90 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Elder Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx River View” (2010) by Barbara Grygutis at the Whitlock Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Whitlock Av, 40 feet away, for the Bx4, Bx4A and Bx27.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Whitlock Av Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
    40 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A Bx27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …
  3. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Westchester Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Home St & Westchester Ave 21 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1441 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    1,240 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 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 1915 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 63 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green Vase' zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Home Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Home Street

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

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 nature area

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Daniel Boone Playground
    440 feet
  2. Concrete Plant Park
    520 feet
  3. Starlight Park
    570 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bryant Triangle
    640 feet
  2. Longfellow Playground
    830 feet
  3. Freeman Triangle
    830 feet
  4. Bronx River Trail Nature area
    1,010 feet
  5. Silos in Concrete Plant Park Park feature
    1,050 feet
  6. Hoppers in Concrete Plant Park Park feature
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Home Street or Westchester Avenue.

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