Lacombe Avenue & Howe Avenue
Lacombe Avenue and Howe Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Castle Hill development. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Pugsley Creek Park is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castle Hill Av/Lacombe Av, is 290 feet away for the Bx22, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them gardens, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Castle Hill Av/Lacombe Av, 290 feet away, for the Bx22.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Castle Hill Av/Lacombe Av Bx22290 feetBx22
Next buses at this stop
- Bx22 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Lacombe Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Zerega Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 740 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 2 Castle Hill Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
- 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
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
- Elevation
- 28 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
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 1959 and 1965.
The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Castle Hill development.
Trees
NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Sugartyme' crabapple and the Russian hawthorn.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 gardens
- 1 nature area
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Karol's Urban Farm - Castle Hill Houses (NYCHA) Garden710 feet
- Pugsley Creek Park Nature area900 feet
- Randall Playground990 feet
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- Havemeyer Garden Association Garden1,210 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
- Golden Mango Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Lacombe Avenue & Torry Avenue 280 feet
- Castle Hill Avenue & Lacombe Avenue 300 feet
- Olmstead Avenue & Lacombe Avenue 560 feet
- Lacombe Avenue & Turneur Avenue 590 feet
- Howe Avenue & Norton Avenue 770 feet
- Olmstead Avenue & Cicero Avenue 840 feet
- Lacombe Avenue & Screvin Avenue 860 feet
- Lacombe Avenue & Effingham Avenue 870 feet
See every intersection along Howe Avenue or Lacombe Avenue.