Westchester Avenue & Prospect Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Prospect Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Christian Church is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
23 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
50 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Prospect Av/Westchester Av · Bx17
Within a walk
26 places
11 religious buildings, 8 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Prospect Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    50 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. Intervale Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. Jackson Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx. Four Seasons” (2008) by Marina Tsersarskaya at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Av/Westchester Av, 70 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/Westchester Av Bx17
    70 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Prospect Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Westchester Ave & Longwood Ave 23 docks in all
    80 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. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    1,180 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 12 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 160th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 160th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-NOON
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 31 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1900 and 1908.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Fidelis Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    430 feet
  2. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School
    850 feet
  3. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School
    1,020 feet
Show all 10
  1. United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science LL School
    1,150 feet
  2. United Charter High School for the Humanities II School
    1,150 feet
  3. Blondell Joyner Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  4. Academy of Public Relations School
    1,280 feet
  5. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    1,280 feet
  6. P.S. X017 School
    1,280 feet
  7. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bill Rainey Park
    950 feet
  2. Abigail Playground
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    30 feet
  2. Casa Amadeo, Antigua Casa Hernandez Listed historic place
    210 feet
  3. Woodstock Library
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Church House of worship
    450 feet
  2. United Church Landmark
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 160th Street, Prospect 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.