Westchester Avenue & West Farms Road

Westchester Avenue and West Farms Road meet at a three-way junction in Longwood, Bronx. The corner is also named Urban Health Plan Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Printers Park is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Simpson St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Westchester Avenue.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Simpson St
440 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
West Farms Rd/Westchester Av · Bx4A
Within a walk
22 places
6 religious buildings, 4 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & West Farms Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Simpson St, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Simpson St 2, 5
    440 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. Whitlock Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Intervale Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Renewal” (2008) by Lisa Amowitz at the Simpson St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Farms Rd/Westchester Av, 50 feet away, for the Bx4A.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Farms Rd/Westchester Av Bx4A
    50 feet
    Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Westchester Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Westchester Ave & Southern Blvd 21 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 902 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2020
  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Urban Health Plan Way, a co-naming enacted on July 20, 2024 (Local Law 81 of 2024).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Urban Health Plan Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Italian Renaissance, and built between 1912 and 1914.

  1. 62nd Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bold Charter School Annex School
    730 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Endurance Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    840 feet
  3. Democracy Preparatory Endurance Charter School
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Roman Catholic Church of St. John Chrysostom School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  2. St John Chrysostom School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benjamin Gladstone Square
    100 feet
  2. Printers Park
    160 feet
  3. Printers Park Playground (North Area) Playground
    510 feet
Show all 9
  1. Printers Park Playground (South Area) Playground
    870 feet
  2. Bryant Triangle
    920 feet
  3. Tiffany Playground
    970 feet
  4. Field Of Dreams Court Park
    990 feet
  5. Longfellow Playground
    1,030 feet
  6. New Hoe Avenue Garden
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Simpson Street Subway Station and Substation #18 (IRT) Listed historic place
    600 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Boulevard Post Office
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West Farms Road or Westchester Avenue.

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