Westchester Avenue & Whitlock Avenue

Westchester Avenue and Whitlock Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 71 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Daniel Boone Playground is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitlock Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
44 hurt
71 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitlock Av
150 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Westchester Av/Whitlock Av · Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 4 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westchester Avenue & Whitlock Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitlock Av, 150 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitlock Av 6
    150 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Elder Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx River View” (2010) by Barbara Grygutis at the Whitlock Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Whitlock Av, 100 feet away, for the Bx4, Bx4A and Bx27.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Whitlock Av Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
    100 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A Bx27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …
  3. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Westchester Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Home St & Westchester Ave 21 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1441 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    1,140 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 71 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 44 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1931.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green Vase' zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Westchester Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Whitlock Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Whitlock Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 nature area

Schools and child care

  1. Arcadia Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet
  2. Genius Therapy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Daniel Boone Playground
    340 feet
  2. Concrete Plant Park
    410 feet
  3. Starlight Park
    470 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bryant Triangle
    740 feet
  2. Freeman Triangle
    870 feet
  3. Bronx River Trail Nature area
    910 feet
  4. Longfellow Playground
    930 feet
  5. Silos in Concrete Plant Park Park feature
    950 feet
  6. Hoppers in Concrete Plant Park Park feature
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 14 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Westchester Avenue or Whitlock Avenue.

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