Westchester Avenue & Rowland Street

Westchester Avenue and Rowland Street meet at a three-way junction in Westchester Square, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Pearly Gates is 350 feet away, and Ferris Family Burial Plot is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Zerega Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Zerega Av
420 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Westchester Av/Saint Peters Av · Bx4
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Rowland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Zerega Av, 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Zerega Av 6
    420 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    1,190 feet
    6
  2. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden of Earthly Delights” (2015) by Jaime Arredondo at the Zerega Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Saint Peters Av, 360 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Saint Peters Av Bx4
    360 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2276 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is 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 May 2016 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Rowland Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Rowland Street

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

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1853 and 1868.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NYSARC, NYC Chapter Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  2. Nysarc NYC - Howard Haber Ctr School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Pearly Gates Playground
    350 feet
  2. Owen F. Dolen Park
    1,100 feet
  3. Ferris Family Burial Plot Cemetery
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Peter's Church, Chapel and Cemetery Complex Listed historic place
    600 feet
  2. Westchester Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peters Church Landmark
    580 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Rowland 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.