Wood Road & West Avenue

Wood Road and West Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Parkchester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Parkchester Post Office is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 5,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Aileen Ryan Oval/Metropolitan Av · Bx22
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 older adult center and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wood Road & West Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 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 Aileen Ryan Oval/Metropolitan Av, 360 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Aileen Ryan Oval/Metropolitan Av Bx22
    360 feet
    Bx22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 one crash 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 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Parkchester
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,000 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 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2024 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Wood Road (north and west sides).

East side of West Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 4 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Wood Road

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 201897, 202714, 220814 and 221868.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. American Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Parkchester Post Office
    400 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1380 Metropolitan Avenue Older adult center
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    110 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,050 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and seven 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Wood Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.