Westchester Avenue & Union Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Union Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Melrose, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School is 380 feet away, and St Anselms Church is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
560 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Westchester Av/Tinton Av · Bx4
Within a walk
30 places
13 religious buildings, 10 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Union Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av 2, 5
    560 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. Jackson Av 2, 5
    1,310 feet
    2 5
  2. Intervale Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx. Four Seasons” (2008) by Marina Tsersarskaya at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Tinton Av, 430 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Tinton Av Bx4
    430 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Ave & Longwood Ave 29 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

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
57 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.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 19 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built in 1900.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 10 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School
    380 feet
  2. Academy of Public Relations School
    770 feet
  3. Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
    770 feet
Show all 11
  1. P.S. X017 School
    770 feet
  2. South Bronx Academy for Applied Media School
    770 feet
  3. P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School
    1,030 feet
  4. Fidelis Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,060 feet
  5. Urban Dove Team Charter School II School
    1,240 feet
  6. United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science LL School
    1,240 feet
  7. United Charter High School for the Humanities II School
    1,240 feet
  8. St Anselm School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abigail Playground
    610 feet
  2. Captain Rivera Playground
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. Casa Amadeo, Antigua Casa Hernandez Listed historic place
    840 feet
  3. Woodstock Library Landmark
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christian Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
  2. St Anselms Church Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Saint Mary's Park Community center
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    940 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Union Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.