Westchester Avenue & Lane Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Lane Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Westchester Square, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Owen F. Dolen Park is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1929, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av
390 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Westchester Av/Lane Av · Bx21, T103
Within a walk
16 places
4 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Lane Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    390 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Zerega Av 6
    1,230 feet
    6
  2. Middletown Rd 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “City of Glass” (1993) by Romare Bearden and “The Land Between Open Water” (2024) by Shervone Neckles at the Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Lane Av, 210 feet away, for the Bx21 and T103.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Lane Av Bx21, T103
    210 feet
    Bx21 T103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …
  2. T103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 91 Westchester Square Gas station
    1,070 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
18
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westchester Square
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 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 1927 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2025 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Westchester Avenue (south side).

East side of Lane Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lane Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 1 sign BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 3 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

East side of Overing Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Overing Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 204547.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Gothic Revival. They were built between 1853 and 1883.

  1. Van Schaick Free Reading Room Designated landmark
    210 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Owen F. Dolen Park.

  1. Seat Sculpture by David Saunders, 1987
    420 feet
  2. Westchester Square Memorial Stele by John Oakman, 1925
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 library
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. X012 Lewis and Clark School
    510 feet
  2. Life Skills Preschool Westchester Sq School
    710 feet
  3. American Barber Institute Trade or language school
    740 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Owen F. Dolen Park
    290 feet
  2. Ferris Family Burial Plot Cemetery
    690 feet
  3. The Pearly Gates Playground
    750 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Westchester Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    700 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Westchester Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    260 feet
  2. St. Peter's Church, Chapel and Cemetery Complex Listed historic place
    520 feet
  3. Westchester Square Library
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters Church Landmark
    290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Owen Dolen Recreation Center
    590 feet
  2. Westchester Post Office
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    350 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    800 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lane Avenue, Overing Street or Westchester Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.