Westchester Avenue & St Lawrence Avenue

Westchester Avenue and St Lawrence Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 047 John Randolph is 490 feet away, and Jehovahs Witnesses Taylor Ave is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, St Lawrence Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
St Lawrence Av
70 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Westchester Av/Saint Lawrence Av · Bx4, Bx4A
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & St Lawrence Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is St Lawrence Av, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    70 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Morrison Av-Soundview 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Community (Acer rubrum, Rosa palustris, Smilax rotundifolia, Carya cordiformis),” (2011) by Alison Mortisugu at the St Lawrence Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Saint Lawrence Av, 70 feet away, for the Bx4 and Bx4A.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Saint Lawrence Av Bx4, Bx4A
    70 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2026

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

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

East side of St Lawrence Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of St Lawrence Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 201758 and 222881.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 047 John Randolph School
    490 feet
  2. Brilla College Prep Charter High School
    1,240 feet
  3. Girls Prep CS - Bronx HS School
    1,240 feet
Show all 5
  1. Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York School
    1,240 feet
  2. Vertex Partnership Academies CHS School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Watson Gleason Playground
    1,150 feet
  2. St. Lawrence Triangle
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Commonwealth Community Baptist Church House of worship
    310 feet
  2. Atonement Episcopal Church House of worship
    810 feet
  3. Jehovahs Witnesses Taylor Ave House of worship
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,220 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Lawrence Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.