Westchester Avenue

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 (​ trains) runs over Westchester Avenue from Brook Avenue to Southern Boulevard.
• The IRT Pelham Line (​ trains) runs from Whitlock Avenue to its terminus at Pelham Bay Park.

The following bus routes serve the corridor:

• The Bx4 is Westchester Avenue’s main bus, serving it from Bergen Avenue to Lane Avenue (Westchester Square station), and from Westchester Square to Saint Ann’s Avenue (Third Avenue-149th Street station).
  • The Bx4A joins in between Hugh J. Grant Circle, and either East 167th Street (Longwood) or West Farms Road (Westchester Square station).
• The Bx27 follows the Bx4A service pattern in Longwood, but heads south on Morrison Avenue.
• The Bx24 serves the rest of the avenue east of Westchester Square, with the Bx8 west of and the BxM8 east of, Crosby Avenue.
  • Most BxM8 buses terminate at the avenue’s eastern end, Bruckner Boulevard, while two peak hour buses in both directions continue to City Island.
• The Bx21 runs between Waters Place and Westchester Square, with said bound trips terminating at Benson Street and starting Mott Haven trips at Lane Avenue.
• The M125 runs out of service from Bergen to Third Avenues to change direction from The Hub to Manhattanville.