White Plains Road & Archer Street

White Plains Road and Archer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Archer Elementary School is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools, and 14 places to eat. About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1954, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
11 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
White Plains Rd/Archer St · Bx36, Bx39
Within a walk
7 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
White Plains Road & Archer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Day in Parkchester” (2011) by William Low at the Parkchester station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Archer St, 110 feet away, for the Bx36 and Bx39.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Archer St Bx36, Bx39
    110 feet
    Bx36 Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1881 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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.

  • 10 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 7 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 2016
  • Turn calming, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,600 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 1927 and 1954.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Archer Street

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

South side of Archer Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of White Plains Road

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

West side of White Plains Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 200078 and 200079.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Archer Elementary School
    880 feet
  2. Bronx Little School
    880 feet
  3. P.S. 536 School
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Taylor Playground
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Parkchester Post Office
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 18 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Archer Street or White Plains Road.

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