Castle Hill Avenue & Chatterton Avenue

Castle Hill Avenue and Chatterton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Holy Family Church is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Castle Hill Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 16 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
19 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Castle Hill Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Castle Hill Av/Chatterton Av · Bx22
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Castle Hill Avenue & Chatterton 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 eight 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/Chatterton Av, 110 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Castle Hill Av/Chatterton Av Bx22
    110 feet
    Bx22

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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1141 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station
    1,060 feet
  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
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2020
  • 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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • 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 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of Castle Hill Avenue

  • 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

West side of Castle Hill Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

North side of Chatterton Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Chatterton Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 201389 and 217631.

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
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 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
    430 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 12 School
    590 feet
  3. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Church Triangle
    570 feet
  2. Havemeyer Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Castle Hill Library
    670 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Family Church House of worship
    530 feet
  2. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh 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 16 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Castle Hill Avenue or Chatterton 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.