Westchester Avenue

Westchester Avenue
Length 5.6 mi[1] (9.0 km)
West end Third Avenue in The Hub
Major
junctions
I-895 Sheridan Expressway in Hunts Point
Bronx River Parkway in Soundview
I-95 Cross Bronx Expressway in Parkchester
Hutchinson River Parkway in Pelham Bay
I-95 Bruckner Expressway in Pelham Bay
East end I-95 Bruckner Expressway in Pelham Bay

Westchester Avenue is a major east-west street in the southern section of The Bronx. It runs from Third Avenue and 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. Westcheser Avenue parallels the Bruckner Expressway until their junction at Pelham Bay Park.

With the exception of 0.5 mile of its length, Westchester Avenue is underneath elevated tracks of the New York City Subway. The IRT White Plains Road Line runs over Westchester Avenue from Brook Avenue to Simpson Street and the IRT Pelham Line runs over Westcheser Avenue from Whitlock Avenue to it terminus at Pelham Bay Park.


References

  1. Overview Map of Westchester Avenue (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2015-09-11.

Coordinates: 40°51′08″N 73°52′55″W / 40.85226°N 73.88198°W / 40.85226; -73.88198

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