Westchester Avenue & Taylor Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Taylor Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Atonement Episcopal Church is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, St Lawrence Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Taylor Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is St Lawrence Av, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    500 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Parkchester 6
    1,280 feet
    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, 490 feet away, for the Bx4 and Bx4A.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    800 feet
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Taylor Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Taylor Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Westchester Avenue

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

South side of Westchester Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 218454 and 222529.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 parks

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 047 John Randolph School
    700 feet
  2. Brilla College Prep Charter High School
    1,180 feet
  3. Girls Prep CS - Bronx HS School
    1,180 feet
Show all 5
  1. Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York School
    1,180 feet
  2. Vertex Partnership Academies CHS School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Virginia Park
    910 feet
  2. Hugh J. Grant Circle
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Atonement Episcopal Church House of worship
    510 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witnesses Taylor Ave House of worship
    720 feet
  3. Commonwealth Community Baptist Church House of worship
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 16 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Taylor Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

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