Westchester Avenue
Westchester Avenue is a major east-west street in the South Bronx and East Bronx portions of the Bronx, New York City. 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. Westchester Avenue parallels the Bruckner Expressway until their junction at Pelham Bay Park.
With the exception of 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 Southern Boulevard and the IRT Pelham Line runs over Westchester Avenue from Whitlock Avenue to its terminus at Pelham Bay Park.
