Westchester Avenue & St Anns Avenue

Westchester Avenue and St Anns Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Hub Post Office is 130 feet away, and P.S. X643 is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, ten of them schools, and 13 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
23 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Westchester Av/Saint Ann'S Av · Bx4
Within a walk
20 places
10 schools, 3 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & St Anns Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Av, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    1,150 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. 3 Av-149 St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Latin American Stories” (2009) by George Crespo at the Jackson Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Saint Ann'S Av, 60 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Saint Ann'S Av Bx4
    60 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Anns Avenue.

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Ann's Ave & Westchester Ave 19 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at St Anns Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 691 East 149th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
17
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black locust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Anns Avenue

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of St Anns Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Leaders of Excellence, Advocacy and Discovery School
    390 feet
  2. P.S. X643 School
    390 feet
  3. Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science School
    610 feet
Show all 10
  1. I.S. 584 School
    610 feet
  2. University Prep Charter High School
    610 feet
  3. Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School
    880 feet
  4. University Heights Secondary School
    880 feet
  5. P.S. 277 School
    1,180 feet
  6. Zeta Charter School -South Bronx School
    1,190 feet
  7. Zeta Charter Schools - South Bronx School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Eagle Slope Garden
    100 feet
  2. Magnolia Tree Community Garden
    520 feet
  3. St. Mary's Park
    770 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Classics Bronx Community Garden
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at La Central Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hub Post Office
    130 feet
  2. Saint Mary's Park Community Center
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    440 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Anns 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.