Westchester Avenue & Leland Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Leland Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Virginia Playground is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
740 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Westchester Av/White Plains Rd · Bx4, Bx4A
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Leland Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    740 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    1,030 feet
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Day in Parkchester” (2011) by William Low at the Parkchester station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/White Plains Rd, 230 feet away, for the Bx4 and Bx4A.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/White Plains Rd Bx4, Bx4A
    230 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 910 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    270 feet
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Castle Hill-Unionport
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Leland Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Leland Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Westchester Avenue

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

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 219823.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 047 John Randolph School
    1,240 feet
  2. Cheer-And-Grow Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Virginia Park
    380 feet
  2. Hugh J. Grant Circle
    640 feet
  3. Virginia Playground
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Atonement Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witnesses Taylor Ave House of worship
    1,090 feet
  3. Commonwealth Community Baptist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    260 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    810 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    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 37 places to eat and 22 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Leland Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

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