Pugsley Avenue & Powell Avenue

Pugsley Avenue and Powell Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Haviland Playground is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Pugley Av · Q44 SBS
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pugsley Avenue & Powell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 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 Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Pugley Av, 630 feet away, for the Q44 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Pugley Av Q44 SBS
    630 feet
    Q44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Pugsley Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Underhill Avenue at Bruckner Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1929 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

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 1927 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Powell Avenue

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Powell Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Pugsley Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Pugsley Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Pugsley Preparatory Academy School
    660 feet
  2. The Dr. Emmett W. Bassett School
    740 feet
  3. Cheer-And-Grow Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Haviland Playground
    730 feet
  2. FDNY-EMT Yadira Arroyo Playground
    920 feet
  3. Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Revelation Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    920 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Powell Avenue or Pugsley Avenue.

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