Underhill Avenue & Gleason Avenue

Underhill Avenue and Gleason Avenue meet at a three-way junction 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. Birch Family Services-Watson Ave is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
White Plains Rd/Gleason Av · Bx36, Bx39
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Underhill Avenue & Gleason Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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 …

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 White Plains Rd/Gleason Av, 270 feet away, for the Bx36 and Bx39.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Gleason Av Bx36, Bx39
    270 feet
    Bx36 Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Gleason Avenue.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Underhill Avenue at Bruckner Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Gleason Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Underhill Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Underhill Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Birch Family Services-Watson Ave School
    980 feet
  2. Watson Avenue Ecc Pre-K
    980 feet
  3. Brilla College Prep Charter High School
    1,190 feet
Show all 6
  1. Girls Prep CS - Bronx HS School
    1,190 feet
  2. Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York School
    1,190 feet
  3. Vertex Partnership Academies CHS School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Virginia Park
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Revelation Church House of worship
    290 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 11 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gleason Avenue or Underhill Avenue.

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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.