East Tremont Avenue & Castle Hill Avenue

East Tremont Avenue and Castle Hill Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Raymonds RC Church is 270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Tremont Av/Castle Hill Av, is 30 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
27 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Hutchinson River Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
East Tremont Av/Castle Hill Av · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Tremont Avenue & Castle Hill Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Castle Hill Av, 30 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Castle Hill Av Bx40, Bx42
    30 feet
    Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bronxdale Avenue, Castle Hill Avenue and East Tremont Avenue.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound at Westchester Avenue & Hutchinson River Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2400 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    200 feet
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 27 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13 and 18 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
43 and 45 and 49 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1956.

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2022 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Bronxdale Avenue (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on East Tremont Avenue (south side).

East side of Bronxdale Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Bronxdale Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Castle Hill Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Castle Hill Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of East Tremont Avenue

  • Metered parking 11 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 207037, 210187 and 223523.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Easter Seals NY - Child Development School
    390 feet
  2. St Raymond Elementary School
    440 feet
  3. St Raymond Academy for Girls School
    610 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Castle Hill Playground
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Raymonds RC Church House of worship
    270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 11 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 of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bronxdale Avenue, Castle Hill Avenue or East Tremont Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.