Bruckner Expressway & Bruckner Boulevard at Zerega Avenue

Bruckner Expressway, Bruckner Boulevard and Zerega Avenue meet at a six-way junction in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Havemeyer Playground is 1,220 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Zerega Av, is 280 feet away for the Q44 SBS, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat.

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Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Zerega Av, 280 feet away, for the Q44 SBS.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Zerega Av Q44 SBS
    280 feet
    Q44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Zerega Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 160 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1141 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,290 feet
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Castle Hill-Unionport

The streets

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

Homes

About 70 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1950.

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Harvest Gold' Mongolian linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Zerega Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Zerega Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Havemeyer Playground
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Rebekah Rehab and Extended Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,160 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Throggs Neck Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

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