Westchester Avenue & Sands Place

Westchester Avenue and Sands Place meet at a three-way junction in Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Little Widows Mite Baptist Church is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Bay Park, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Bay Park
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Westchester Av/Wilkinson Av · Bx24
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Sands Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Bay Park, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Pelham Bay Park 6
    1,110 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Buhre Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Wilkinson Av, 150 feet away, for the Bx24.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Wilkinson Av Bx24
    150 feet
    Bx24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Bruckner Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3065 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    990 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
13
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1964.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Westchester Avenue (west side).

East side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 213743 and 214160.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Circle Preschool
    770 feet
  2. Bronx Starbright Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    820 feet
  3. Greek American Inst of NY School
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Inspired Community Project Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pelham Bay Park
    1,250 feet
  2. Sweetgum Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Little Widows Mite Baptist Church House of worship
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    260 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 11 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Sands Place 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.