Castle Hill Avenue & Seward Avenue
Castle Hill Avenue and Seward Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Castle Hill development. The corner is also named Roxanne Reid Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Equality Charter High School is 320 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castle Hill Av/Seward Av, is 120 feet away for the Bx22. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three 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, 120 feet away, for the Bx22.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Castle Hill Av/Seward Av Bx22 · Shelter120 feetBx22
Next buses at this stop
- Bx22 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Castle Hill Avenue.
- 11 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 station490 feet
- 2 Castle Hill Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars2.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, May 2016
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
- 48 feet above sea level
This corner carries two co-namings: Roxanne Reid Way (Local Law 110 of 2023, enacted on July 23, 2023) and Jessica Guzman Way (Local Law 121 of 2025, enacted on August 13, 2025).
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1949 and 1961.
The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Castle Hill development.
Trees
NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 13 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Castle Hill Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of Seward Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 community center
- 1 older adult center
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Equality Charter High School320 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Randall Playground680 feet
Houses of worship
- Fellowship Covenant Church House of worship220 feet
- St Andrews Church House of worship720 feet
Community centers and public services
- Community center at Castle Hill Community center690 feet
- Older adult center at 625 Castle Hill Avenue Older adult center690 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch770 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket360 feet
- Golden Mango Supermarket0.3 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 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 & Homer Avenue 270 feet
- Castle Hill Avenue & Cincinnatus Avenue 280 feet
- Castle Hill Avenue & Virgil Place 510 feet
- Randall Avenue & Castle Hill Avenue 780 feet
- Lafayette Avenue & Castle Hill Avenue 790 feet
- Seward Avenue & Havemeyer Avenue 860 feet
- Olmstead Avenue & Seward Avenue 860 feet
- Castle Hill Avenue & Turnbull Avenue 1,070 feet
See every intersection along Castle Hill Avenue or Seward Avenue.