Castle Hill Avenue & Powell Avenue

Castle Hill Avenue and Powell Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The stele “Unionport Memorial” is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Castle Hill Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Castle Hill Av
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Castle Hill Av/Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd North · Bx22
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Castle Hill Avenue & Powell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Castle Hill Av, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    1,150 feet
    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/Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd North, 160 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Castle Hill Av/Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd North Bx22
    160 feet
    Bx22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Castle Hill Avenue.

  • 16 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1141 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Castle Hill Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Castle Hill Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Powell Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Powell Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 201414 and 221190.

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
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Church Triangle
    470 feet
  2. Havemeyer Playground
    900 feet
  3. Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Family Church House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    910 feet
  3. Glory of Christ Church House of worship
    990 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 64/Ladder 47 Fire station
    580 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Chang Li Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 Powell Avenue.

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