Castle Hill Avenue & Blackrock Avenue

Castle Hill Avenue and Blackrock Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 036 Unionport is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Castle Hill Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1916 and 1929, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Castle Hill Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Castle Hill Av/Watson Av · Bx22
Within a walk
8 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Castle Hill Avenue & Blackrock Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Castle Hill Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.4 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 Castle Hill Av/Watson Av, 240 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Castle Hill Av/Watson Av Bx22 · Shelter
    240 feet
    Bx22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

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
    790 feet
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1916 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blackrock Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Blackrock Avenue

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

East side of Castle Hill Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Castle Hill Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Church Triangle.

  1. Unionport Memorial Stele by John I. Boyd, 1924
    300 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 036 Unionport School
    160 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 12 School
    330 feet
  3. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Church Triangle
    310 feet
  2. Havemeyer Playground
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Castle Hill Library
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Family Church House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blackrock Avenue or Castle Hill Avenue.

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