Westchester Avenue & Ward Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Ward Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Green Pastures Baptist Church is 790 feet away, and P.S. 196 is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Elder Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elder Av
510 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Westchester Av/Manor Av · Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
Within a walk
8 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Ward Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elder Av, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Elder Av 6
    510 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Morrison Av-Soundview 6
    750 feet
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx Trees” (2011) by Jean Whitesavage and Nick Lyle at the Elder Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Manor Av, 220 feet away, for the Bx4, Bx4A and Bx27.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Manor Av Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
    220 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A Bx27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …
  3. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Morrison Avenue & Bronx River Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1441 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
17 and 18 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 60 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and June 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ward Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Ward Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 200047, 201243, 219568, 220793 and 221336.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Excellent Children Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    800 feet
  2. P.S. 195 School
    1,020 feet
  3. P.S. 196 School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harrod Place Community Garden
    1,110 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Morrison Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clason's Point Library
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Green Pastures Baptist Church Listed historic place
    790 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    670 feet
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 38 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ward Avenue or Westchester Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.