Cross Bronx Expressway & Watson Avenue Pedestrian Overpass

Cross Bronx Expressway and Watson Avenue Pedestrian Overpass 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. Havemeyer Playground is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, Castle Hill Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1916 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Castle Hill Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Haviland Av · Q44 SBS
Within a walk
9 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cross Bronx Expressway & Watson Avenue Pedestrian Overpass Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Castle Hill Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.4 miles
    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 Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Haviland Av, 350 feet away, for the Q44 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Haviland Av Q44 SBS
    350 feet
    Q44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway westbound at Bruckner Boulevard, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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

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 1916 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 12 School
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 036 Unionport School
    650 feet
  3. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Church Triangle
    220 feet
  2. Havemeyer Playground
    330 feet

Health care

  1. Rebekah Rehab and Extended Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Family Church House of worship
    510 feet
  2. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 64/Ladder 47 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here 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 Watson Avenue Pedestrian Overpass.

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