Castle Hill Avenue & Quimby Avenue
Castle Hill Avenue and Quimby Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. The corner is also named Emmanuel Frias Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 036 Unionport is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castle Hill Av/Quimby Av, is 40 feet away for the Bx5 and Bx22, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Castle Hill Av/Quimby Av, 40 feet away, for the Bx5 and Bx22.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Castle Hill Av/Quimby Av Bx5, Bx22 · Shelter40 feetBx5 Bx22
Next buses at this stop
- Bx5 …
- Bx22 …
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 at Zerega Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 740 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars2.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 8 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 4 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, July 2020
- Turn calming, June 2024
- Accessible pedestrian signal, June 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
- 35 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Emmanuel Frias Way, a co-naming enacted on January 19, 2020 (Local Law 26 of 2020).
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1935.
Trees
NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Emmanuel Frias Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 34 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Castle Hill Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Castle Hill Avenue
- Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Quimby Avenue
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of Quimby Avenue
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 223293.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 library
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 036 Unionport School1,230 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Castle Hill Library290 feet
Houses of worship
- St Andrews Church House of worship1,180 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch1,180 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
- ShopRite Supermarket0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Bruckner Commons Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Castle Hill Avenue & Story Avenue 270 feet
- Bruckner Expressway & Castle Hill Avenue 390 feet
- Bruckner Boulevard & Castle Hill Avenue 520 feet
- Castle Hill Avenue & Hermany Avenue 530 feet
- Castle Hill Avenue & Chatterton Avenue 800 feet
- Castle Hill Avenue & Turnbull Avenue 800 feet
- Havemeyer Avenue & Quimby Avenue 860 feet
- Olmstead Avenue & Quimby Avenue 860 feet
See every intersection along Castle Hill Avenue or Quimby Avenue.