Cross Bronx Expressway & East 177th Street at Hugh J Grant Circle

Cross Bronx Expressway, East 177th Street and Hugh J Grant Circle meet at a five-way junction in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Virginia Park is 70 feet away, and Bronx Charter School for Excellence Middle School is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

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Cross Bronx Expressway & East 177th Street at Hugh J Grant Circle Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    240 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Day in Parkchester” (2011) by William Low at the Parkchester station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hugh Grant Circle/Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd, 10 feet away, for the T103.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hugh Grant Circle/Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd T103
    10 feet
    T103

Next buses at this stop

  1. T103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 640 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    630 feet
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2022

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 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 1928 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 99 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on East 177th Street (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East 177th Street (south side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Hugh J Grant Circle (south side).

North side of Cross Bronx Expressway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cross Bronx Expressway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

North side of East 177th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Hugh J Grant Circle

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 220447, 220448 and 223455.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cheer-And-Grow Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. American Beauty School Trade or language school
    900 feet
  3. Bronx Charter School for Excellence Middle School
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bronx Charter School for Excellence School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hugh J. Grant Circle
    40 feet
  2. Virginia Park
    70 feet
  3. Virginia Playground
    210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Wood Park
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkchester Library
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1380 Metropolitan Avenue Older adult center
    900 feet
  2. Parkchester Post Office
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    510 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Chang Li Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    770 feet

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

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