Lafayette Avenue & Havemeyer Avenue

Lafayette Avenue and Havemeyer Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Andrews Church is 1,010 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castle Hill Av/Turnbull Av, is 1,050 feet away for the Bx5 and Bx22, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

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Lafayette Avenue & Havemeyer Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Castle Hill Av/Turnbull Av, 1,050 feet away, for the Bx5 and Bx22.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Castle Hill Av/Turnbull Av Bx5, Bx22 · Shelter
    1,050 feet
    Bx5 Bx22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx5 …
  2. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Zerega Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 740 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Havemeyer Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Havemeyer Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 1 sign PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 7 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrews Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Mango Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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:

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