Westchester Avenue & Metcalf Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Metcalf Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Church of the Abiding Presence is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Morrison Av-Soundview, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1968, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morrison Av-Soundview
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Westchester Av/Morrison Av · Bx4, Bx4A
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Metcalf Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morrison Av-Soundview, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Morrison Av-Soundview 6
    520 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
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Elder Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Land Between Two Waters” (2010) by Maria Cristalli & Marc Brown at the Morrison Av-Soundview station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Morrison Av, 530 feet away, for the Bx4 and Bx4A.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Morrison Av Bx4, Bx4A
    530 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1661 Watson Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018

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)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1968.

Since 2014 at least 254 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Metcalf Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Metcalf Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sound Dale Center for Early Childhood Education Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  2. Excellent Children Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harrod Place Community Garden
    330 feet
  2. Watson Gleason Playground
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Morrison Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    600 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clason's Point Library
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Abiding Presence House of worship
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Soundview Post Office
    550 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    740 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,000 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    410 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Metcalf Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.