East 177th Street & Ellis Avenue at Cross Bronx Expressway

East 177th Street, Ellis Avenue and Cross Bronx Expressway meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
15 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Newbold Av · Q44 SBS
Within a walk
10 places
8 religious buildings, 1 library and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 177th Street & Ellis Avenue at Cross Bronx Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Castle Hill 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 Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Newbold Av, 420 feet away, for the Q44 SBS.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Newbold Av Q44 SBS
    420 feet
    Q44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 177th Street and Ellis Avenue.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

A ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound starts at this corner.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

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
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1927 and 1955.

Since 2014 at least 206 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park
    120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkchester Library
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Glory of Christ Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. St Helenas Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
  3. Parkchester Baptist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chang Li Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    650 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 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, East 177th Street or Ellis Avenue.

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