Westchester Avenue & Waters Place

Westchester Avenue and Waters Place meet at a three-way junction in Hutchinson Metro Center, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Samuel H. Young Park is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Middletown Rd, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks, and six places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs through this corner. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Middletown Rd
590 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Waters Pl/Fink Av · Bx21
Within a walk
7 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Waters Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Middletown Rd, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Middletown Rd 6
    590 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
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Buhre Av 6
    0.4 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, 190 feet away, for the Bx21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Waters Place at Hutchinson River Parkway, 70 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 91 Westchester Square Gas station
    1,060 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
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2015.

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the mulberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Waters Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Waters Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. X721 - Stephen McSweeney School
    240 feet
  2. Steppingstone Day School - Bronx School
    1,020 feet
  3. Stepping Stone Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel H. Young Park
    160 feet
  2. Pelham Bay Little League Park
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and three 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Waters Place or Westchester Avenue.

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