Castle Hill Avenue & Parker Street

Castle Hill Avenue and Parker Street meet at a four-way crossing in Westchester Square, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Glover Street Community Garden is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Castle Hill Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them schools, and eight places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Castle Hill Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Metropolitan Av/Castle Hill Av · Bx4A
Within a walk
14 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Castle Hill Avenue & Parker Street 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Zerega Av 6
    0.4 miles
    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 Metropolitan Av/Castle Hill Av, 450 feet away, for the Bx4A.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Castle Hill Av Bx4A
    450 feet
    Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Castle Hill Avenue.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Ellis Avenue at Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2400 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    1,160 feet
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westchester Square
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 255 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Castle Hill Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Castle Hill Avenue

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

East side of Parker Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Parker Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Parker Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Parker Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. St Raymond Academy for Girls School
    520 feet
  2. J.H.S. 127 the Castle Hill School
    590 feet
  3. Linden Tree Elementary School
    590 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Raymond Boys High School
    1,050 feet
  2. St Raymond Elementary School
    1,200 feet
  3. Easter Seals NY - Child Development School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Castle Hill Playground
    60 feet
  2. Glover Street Community Garden
    490 feet
  3. Caserta Playground
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Raymonds RC Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. Santa Maria Church House of worship
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Castle Hill Avenue or Parker Street.

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