Westchester Avenue

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Westchester Avenue
Westchester Ave.jpg
Westchester Avenue at Bryant Triangle
Owner City of New York
Maintained by NYCDOT
Length5.6 mi (9.0 km) [1]
Location Bronx, New York City
Coordinates 40°51′08″N73°52′55″W / 40.85226°N 73.88198°W / 40.85226; -73.88198
West end Third Avenue in The Hub
Major
junctions
NY-895.svg NY 895 in Longwood
Bronx River Pkwy Shield free.svg Bronx River Parkway in Soundview
I-95.svg I-95 in Parkchester
Hutchinson River Pkwy Shield.svg Hutchinson River Parkway in Pelham Bay
East endI-95.svg I-95 in Pelham Bay

Westchester Avenue is a major east-west street in the South and East portions of the Bronx, New York City. It runs from Third Avenue and East 150th Street in the Hub to Pelham Bay Park in the Pelham Bay section. It crosses many neighborhoods of the Bronx, which include Melrose, Longwood, Soundview, Parkchester, and Pelham Bay. Westchester Avenue parallels the Bruckner Expressway until their junction at Pelham Bay Park.

Transportation

With the exception of 0.5 miles (0.80 km) of its length, Westchester Avenue is underneath elevated tracks of the New York City Subway. The IRT White Plains Road Line ( NYCS-bull-trans-2-Std.svg NYCS-bull-trans-5-Std.svg trains) runs over Westchester Avenue from Brook Avenue to Southern Boulevard, and the IRT Pelham Line ( NYCS-bull-trans-6-Std.svg NYCS-bull-trans-6d-Std.svg trains) from Whitlock Avenue to its terminus at Pelham Bay Park. The Bx4/Bx4A buses serves Westchester Avenue between Bergen Avenue and Parkchester (Bx4A) or Westchester Square (Bx4) while the Bx24 serves Westchester Avenue north of Westchester Square. The Bx8 and Bx27 use the road for short segments.

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References

  1. Google (July 3, 2018). "Westchester Avenue" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved July 3, 2018.