Havemeyer Avenue & Ellis Avenue

Havemeyer Avenue and Ellis Avenue 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. The Engine 64/Ladder 47 firehouse is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Castle Hill Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Castle Hill Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Westchester Av/Doris St · Bx4
Within a walk
8 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Havemeyer Avenue & Ellis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Castle Hill Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Zerega Av 6
    0.3 miles
    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 Westchester Av/Doris St, 810 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Doris St Bx4
    810 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Ellis Avenue at Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2276 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    700 feet
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,220 feet
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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 May 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
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ellis Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Ellis Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Havemeyer Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Havemeyer Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 field
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Nysarc NYC - Howard Haber Ctr School
    910 feet
  2. NYSARC, NYC Chapter Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  3. P.S./M.S. 194 School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Havemeyer Playground
    1,120 feet
  2. Castle Hill Little League Field
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 64/Ladder 47 Fire station
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 12 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ellis Avenue or Havemeyer Avenue.

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