White Plains Road & Gleason Avenue

White Plains Road and Gleason Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. The corner is also named Reverend Wesley G. Janzen Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Revelation Church is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
White Plains Rd/Gleason Av · Bx36, Bx39
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
White Plains Road & Gleason Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    1,280 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.4 miles
    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/Gleason Av, 110 feet away, for the Bx36 and Bx39.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Gleason Av Bx36, Bx39
    110 feet
    Bx36 Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Gleason Avenue.

  • 7 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. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    1,130 feet
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Castle Hill-Unionport
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Reverend Wesley G. Janzen Place, a co-naming enacted on May 18, 1999 (Local Law 18 of 1999).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Reverend Wesley G. Janzen Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gleason Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Gleason Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of White Plains Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of White Plains Road

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 201018.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Birch Family Services-Watson Ave School
    1,130 feet
  2. Watson Avenue Ecc Pre-K
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Virginia Park
    1,030 feet
  2. Hugh J. Grant Circle
    1,150 feet
  3. Haviland Playground
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Revelation Church House of worship
    130 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    950 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gleason Avenue or White Plains Road.

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