White Plains Road & Thwaites Place

White Plains Road and Thwaites Place meet at a three-way junction in Allerton, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. P.S. 096 Richard Rodgers is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
110 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Boston Rd/Thwaites Pl · Bx30, BxM11
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
White Plains Road & Thwaites Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 110 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Pelham Pkwy 2, 5
    110 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. Allerton Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Back to the Garden” (2007) by Tomie Arai at the Pelham Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/Thwaites Pl, 80 feet away, for the Bx30 and BxM11.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Thwaites Pl Bx30, BxM11
    80 feet
    Bx30 BxM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx30 …
  2. BxM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Thwaites Place and White Plains Road.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 920 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2290 White Plains Road Gas station
    500 feet
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Allerton
Elevation
83 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1931 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 51 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on White Plains Road (east side).

West side of White Plains Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 214274 and 214522.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  2. Bronx House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  3. P.S. 096 Richard Rodgers School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bronx Park
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pelham Parkway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    390 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ghana United Methodist Church House of worship
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Pelham Parkway Community Center
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    660 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    700 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Choice Market Supermarket
    130 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and ten 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Thwaites Place or White Plains Road.

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