Metropolitan Avenue & Hugh J Grant Circle

Metropolitan Avenue and Hugh J Grant Circle meet at a three-way junction in Parkchester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Virginia Playground is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1942, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
140 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Westchester Av/Metropolitan Av · T103
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 2 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & Hugh J Grant Circle Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 140 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    140 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Day in Parkchester” (2011) by William Low at the Parkchester station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Metropolitan Av, 70 feet away, for the T103.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Metropolitan Av T103
    70 feet
    T103

Next buses at this stop

  1. T103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 790 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    780 feet
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more 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 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)
Parkchester
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1942.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hugh J Grant Circle

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 218484 and 223453.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cheer-And-Grow Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. American Beauty School Trade or language school
    740 feet
  3. Bronx Charter School for Excellence Middle School
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bronx Charter School for Excellence School
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hugh J. Grant Circle
    50 feet
  2. Virginia Park
    220 feet
  3. Virginia Playground
    360 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkchester Library
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Parkchester Baptist Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1380 Metropolitan Avenue Older adult center
    740 feet
  2. Parkchester Post Office
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    210 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    610 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Chang Li Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    620 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,250 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 16 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 of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hugh J Grant Circle or Metropolitan Avenue.

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