Cross Bronx Expressway & Hugh J Grant Circle

Cross Bronx Expressway and Hugh J Grant Circle meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Parkchester Library is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
200 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Hugh Grant Cir/Westchester Av · Bx4
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cross Bronx Expressway & Hugh J Grant Circle Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    200 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
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.5 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 Cir/Westchester Av, 160 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hugh Grant Cir/Westchester Av Bx4
    160 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

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, 1,020 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    1,000 feet
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

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

West side of Hugh J Grant Circle

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Cheer-And-Grow Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  2. American Beauty School Trade or language school
    970 feet
  3. Bronx Charter School for Excellence Middle School
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bronx Charter School for Excellence School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hugh J. Grant Circle
    40 feet
  2. Virginia Park
    440 feet
  3. Virginia Playground
    590 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkchester Library
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Parkchester Baptist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  2. Revelation Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1380 Metropolitan Avenue Older adult center
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    390 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    440 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    850 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,140 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cross Bronx Expressway or Hugh J Grant Circle.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.