Bruckner Boulevard & Castle Hill Avenue

Bruckner Boulevard and Castle Hill Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 55 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Church Triangle is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Castle Hill Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
30 hurt
55 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Castle Hill Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Bruckner Blvd/Castle Hill Av · BxM8
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bruckner Boulevard & Castle Hill Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Castle Hill Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx: Heart, Homeland” (2015) by Priscila De Carvalho at the Castle Hill Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bruckner Blvd/Castle Hill Av, 60 feet away, for the BxM8.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bruckner Blvd/Castle Hill Av BxM8 · Shelter
    60 feet
    BxM8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Castle Hill Avenue.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway westbound at Bruckner Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1141 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 55 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 29 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, May 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025

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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the river birch.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Bruckner Boulevard (north side).

North side of Bruckner Boulevard

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

South side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Castle Hill Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-6PM

West side of Castle Hill Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 217631, 220191 and 221907.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 036 Unionport School
    700 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 12 School
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Church Triangle
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Castle Hill Library
    390 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Family Church House of worship
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bruckner Boulevard or Castle Hill Avenue.

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