Underhill Avenue & Watson Avenue

Underhill Avenue and Watson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 35 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Birch Family Services-Watson Ave is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them playgrounds, and six places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
White Plains Rd/Watson Av · Bx36, Bx39
Within a walk
12 places
3 playgrounds, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Underhill Avenue & Watson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.4 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 White Plains Rd/Watson Av, 390 feet away, for the Bx36 and Bx39.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Watson Av Bx36, Bx39
    390 feet
    Bx36 Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …
  2. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Watson Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Underhill Avenue at Bruckner Expressway, 820 feet 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 35 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,858th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

East side of Underhill Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-3PM

West side of Underhill Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Watson Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Watson Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Birch Family Services-Watson Ave School
    200 feet
  2. Watson Avenue Ecc Pre-K
    200 feet
  3. P.S. 583 School
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pugsley Preparatory Academy School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Justice Sotomayor Houses Playground
    660 feet
  2. Haviland Playground
    820 feet
  3. FDNY-EMT Yadira Arroyo Playground
    1,090 feet

Health care

  1. Bronx Center for Rehabilitation & Health Care Nursing home or hospice
    680 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Revelation Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Sotomayor Houses Community center
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and six 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 Underhill Avenue or Watson Avenue.

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