Westchester Avenue & Trinity Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Trinity Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Melrose, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Mary's Park development. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Eagle Slope is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, seven of them schools, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Av
360 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Westchester Av/Jackson Av · Bx4
Within a walk
28 places
7 schools, 4 gardens and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Trinity Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Av, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Av 2, 5
    360 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
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.5 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/Jackson Av, 240 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Jackson Av Bx4
    240 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Westchester Ave & Jackson Ave 25 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at East 140th Street, 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
    0.9 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 1
City Council district
8
Police precinct
40
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Melrose
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1937 and 1963.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Saint Mary's Park development.

Since 2014 at least 71 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Trinity Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Trinity Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. South Bronx School of Technology Trade or language school
    670 feet
  2. Storefront Academy Charter School
    710 feet
  3. Sunshine LC of Jackson Ave Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
Show all 10
  1. Sunshine Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    740 feet
  2. P.S. 5 Port Morris School
    1,140 feet
  3. Leaders of Excellence, Advocacy and Discovery School
    1,170 feet
  4. P.S. X643 School
    1,170 feet
  5. Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science School
    1,180 feet
  6. I.S. 584 School
    1,180 feet
  7. University Prep Charter High School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Eagle Slope Garden
    590 feet
  2. Pontiac Playground
    720 feet
  3. Captain Rivera Playground
    940 feet
Show all 7
  1. Isla Verde Garden
    950 feet
  2. The Classics Bronx Community Garden
    960 feet
  3. Magnolia Tree Community Garden
    1,080 feet
  4. St. Mary's Park
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    430 feet
  2. E. Robert Moore Houses, Building 1 Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselms Church Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Saint Mary's Park Community Center
    420 feet
  2. Older adult center at 735 East 152nd Street Older adult center
    650 feet
  3. Community center at Adams Community center
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hub Post Office
    850 feet
  2. Community center at Saint Mary's Park Community center
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,200 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    420 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 15 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Trinity Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.