White Plains Road & Bronx Park East at Birchall Avenue

White Plains Road, Bronx Park East and Birchall Avenue meet at a six-way junction in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Brady Playground is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Bronx Park East, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bronx Park East
290 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
White Plains Rd/Birchall Av · Bx22, Bx39, T117
Within a walk
5 places
3 religious buildings, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
White Plains Road & Bronx Park East at Birchall Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bronx Park East, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Bronx Park East 2, 5
    290 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. Pelham Pkwy 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “B is for Birds in the Bronx” (2006) by Candida Alvarez at the Bronx Park East station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Birchall Av, 40 feet away, for the Bx22, Bx39 and T117.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Birchall Av Bx22, Bx39, T117
    40 feet
    Bx22 Bx39 T117

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …
  2. Bx39 …
  3. T117 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway at Ranaqua Loop & Bronx River Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2090 Bronxdale Avenue Gas station
    930 feet
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    1,300 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Kentucky yellowwood and the blackgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on White Plains Road (east side).

East side of Birchall Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Birchall Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Bronx Park East

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of White Plains Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 214992.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bronx Park
    540 feet
  2. Brady Playground
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Birchall Avenue, Bronx Park East or White Plains Road.

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.