Zerega Avenue & Ellis Avenue

Zerega Avenue and Ellis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Westchester Square, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Castle Hill Little League Field is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Zerega Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Zerega Avenue & Ellis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Zerega Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Zerega Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden of Earthly Delights” (2015) by Jaime Arredondo at the Zerega Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Zerega Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Bx4 and T103.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Zerega Av Bx4, T103
    0.3 miles
    Bx4 T103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. T103 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Zerega Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2276 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    680 feet
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes 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 May 2026.

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)
Westchester Square
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2014 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ellis Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Ellis Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

East side of Zerega Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Zerega Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 field
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./M.S. 194 School
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Castle Hill Little League Field
    320 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, 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:

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