Westchester Avenue & Waters Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Waters Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Hutchinson Metro Center, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Westchester Square Plaza is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Middletown Rd, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them schools, and 14 places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Middletown Rd
890 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Waters Pl/Fink Av · Bx21
Within a walk
15 places
7 schools, 3 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Waters Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Middletown Rd, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Middletown Rd 6
    890 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    1,300 feet
    6
  2. Buhre Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cross-Bronx Waterway” (2015) by Amanda Schachter and Alexander Levi at the Middletown Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Waters Pl/Fink Av, 360 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Waters Pl/Fink Av Bx21
    360 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 100 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 91 Westchester Square Gas station
    760 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hutchinson Metro Center
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black locust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2024 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Waters Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Waters Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. X721 - Stephen McSweeney School
    290 feet
  2. American Barber Institute Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  3. Bronx River High School
    1,150 feet
Show all 8
  1. Herbert H. Lehman High School
    1,150 feet
  2. Pelham Lab High School
    1,150 feet
  3. Renaissance High School for Musical Theater and the Arts School
    1,150 feet
  4. Schuylerville Preparatory High School
    1,150 feet
  5. Westchester Square Academy School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel H. Young Park
    70 feet
  2. Pelham Bay Little League Park
    70 feet
  3. Owen F. Dolen Park
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Westchester Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Owen Dolen Recreation Center
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and four 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 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.