Lafayette Avenue & Castle Hill Avenue

Lafayette Avenue and Castle Hill Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Andrews Church is 150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castle Hill Av/Turnbull Av, is 190 feet away for the Bx5 and Bx22, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Castle Hill Av/Turnbull Av · Bx5, Bx22
Within a walk
8 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Castle Hill Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Castle Hill Av/Turnbull Av, 190 feet away, for the Bx5 and Bx22.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Castle Hill Av/Turnbull Av Bx5, Bx22 · Shelter
    190 feet
    Bx5 Bx22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx5 …
  2. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Castle Hill Avenue and Lafayette Avenue.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Zerega Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 740 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station
    500 feet
  2. 2 Castle Hill Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025

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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Castle Hill Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Castle Hill Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 138 Samuel Randall School
    1,100 feet
  2. Equality Charter High School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. P.O. Serrano Playground
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrews Church House of worship
    150 feet
  2. Fellowship Covenant Church House of worship
    610 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Golden Mango Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Castle Hill Avenue or Lafayette Avenue.

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