Blackrock Avenue & Virginia Avenue

Blackrock Avenue and Virginia Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 229 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. FDNY-EMT Yadira Arroyo Playground is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them schools, and four places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
White Plains Rd/Watson Av · Bx36, Bx39
Within a walk
9 places
4 schools, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blackrock Avenue & Virginia Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Day in Parkchester” (2011) by William Low at the Parkchester station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Watson Av, 660 feet away, for the Bx36 and Bx39.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Watson Av Bx36, Bx39
    660 feet
    Bx36 Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at East 177th Street & Newbold Avenue at Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 229 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,576th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 83 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Castle Hill-Unionport
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Kwanzan' flowering cherry and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blackrock Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Blackrock Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Virginia Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 583 School
    440 feet
  2. The Dr. Emmett W. Bassett School
    770 feet
  3. Watson Avenue Ecc Pre-K
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. Birch Family Services-Watson Ave School
    890 feet
  2. Pugsley Preparatory Academy School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. FDNY-EMT Yadira Arroyo Playground
    460 feet
  2. Haviland Playground
    500 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Revelation Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.

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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blackrock Avenue or Virginia Avenue.

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