Williamsbridge Road & Halperin Avenue

Williamsbridge Road and Halperin Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Westchester Square, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Owen F. Dolen Park is 800 feet away, and Westchester Square Plaza is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Williamsbridge Rd/Halperin Av · Bx8
Within a walk
11 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Williamsbridge Road & Halperin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “City of Glass” (1993) by Romare Bearden and “The Land Between Open Water” (2024) by Shervone Neckles at the Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Williamsbridge Rd/Halperin Av, 30 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Williamsbridge Rd/Halperin Av Bx8
    30 feet
    Bx8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1490 Williamsbridge Road Gas station
    810 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    970 feet
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
18
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westchester Square
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Halperin Avenue (both sides), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Williamsbridge Road (west side).

East side of Williamsbridge Road

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 207274, 211205, 215020 and 215390.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Owen F. Dolen Park.

  1. Westchester Square Memorial Stele by John Oakman, 1925
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Life Skills Preschool Westchester Sq School
    870 feet
  2. Haven Charter High School
    1,100 feet
  3. American Barber Institute Trade or language school
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Owen F. Dolen Park
    800 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Westchester Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Westchester Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Westchester United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Westchester Post Office
    550 feet
  2. Owen Dolen Recreation Center
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 20/Squad 61 Fire station
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    120 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    540 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    890 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    620 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    600 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 11 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 Halperin Avenue or Williamsbridge Road.

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