White Plains Road & Westchester Avenue

White Plains Road and Westchester Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Virginia Park is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
470 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
White Plains Rd/Westchester Av · Bx36, Bx39
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 3 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
White Plains Road & Westchester Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    470 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
    1,310 feet
    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/Westchester Av, 70 feet away, for the Bx36 and Bx39.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Westchester Av Bx36, Bx39
    70 feet
    Bx36 Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 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, 630 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    190 feet
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

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)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

North side of Westchester Avenue

  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - NOV 30 FRIDAY 6AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Westchester Avenue

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

East side of White Plains Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of White Plains Road

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Cheer-And-Grow Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Virginia Park
    100 feet
  2. Hugh J. Grant Circle
    360 feet
  3. Virginia Playground
    560 feet
Show all 4
  1. Wood Park
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Revelation Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witnesses Taylor Ave House of worship
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    540 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Chang Li Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,210 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 22 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Westchester Avenue 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.