Castle Hill Avenue & Homer Avenue
Castle Hill Avenue and Homer Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. The corner is also named Reverend Dr. Jerry Mosby Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Fellowship Covenant Church is 120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castle Hill Av/Seward Av, is 170 feet away for the Bx22, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Castle Hill Av/Seward Av, 170 feet away, for the Bx22.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Castle Hill Av/Seward Av Bx22 · Shelter170 feetBx22
Next buses at this stop
- Bx22 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Castle Hill Avenue.
- 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Zerega Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 740 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station220 feet
- 2 Castle Hill Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars2.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10473
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 9
- City Council district
- 18
- Police precinct
- 43
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Castle Hill-Unionport
- Elevation
- 53 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Reverend Dr. Jerry Mosby Way, a co-naming enacted on April 20, 2009 (Local Law 25 of 2009).
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1949 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Reverend Dr. Jerry Mosby Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Castle Hill Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 community center
- 1 older adult center
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Equality Charter High School590 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Randall Playground950 feet
Houses of worship
- Fellowship Covenant Church House of worship120 feet
- St Andrews Church House of worship450 feet
Community centers and public services
- Community center at Castle Hill Community center960 feet
- Older adult center at 625 Castle Hill Avenue Older adult center960 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch500 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket630 feet
- Golden Mango Supermarket0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Bruckner Commons Shopping center0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Castle Hill Avenue & Virgil Place 240 feet
- Castle Hill Avenue & Seward Avenue 270 feet
- Lafayette Avenue & Castle Hill Avenue 520 feet
- Castle Hill Avenue & Cincinnatus Avenue 550 feet
- Castle Hill Avenue & Turnbull Avenue 800 feet
- Olmstead Avenue & Homer Avenue 860 feet
- Havemeyer Avenue & Homer Avenue 860 feet
- Randall Avenue & Castle Hill Avenue 1,050 feet
See every intersection along Castle Hill Avenue or Homer Avenue.