Newbold Avenue & Virginia Avenue

Newbold Avenue and Virginia Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Revelation Church is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
700 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Hugh Grant Circle/Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd · Bx11
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Newbold Avenue & Virginia Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    700 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

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 Hugh Grant Circle/Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd, 500 feet away, for the Bx11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hugh Grant Circle/Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd Bx11
    500 feet
    Bx11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at East 177th Street & Newbold Avenue at Cross Bronx Expressway, 1,070 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Newbold Avenue

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

South side of Newbold Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Virginia Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Cheer-And-Grow Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hugh J. Grant Circle
    310 feet
  2. Virginia Park
    720 feet
  3. Virginia Playground
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkchester Library
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Revelation Church House of worship
    620 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    210 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    290 feet
  2. Chang Li Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 13 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Newbold Avenue or Virginia 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.