Unionport Road & Starling Avenue

Unionport Road and Starling Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Parkchester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Parkchester Baptist Church is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Castle Hill Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Castle Hill Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Starling Av/Unionport Rd · Bx22
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Unionport Road & Starling Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Castle Hill Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx: Heart, Homeland” (2015) by Priscila De Carvalho at the Castle Hill Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Starling Av/Unionport Rd, 60 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Starling Av/Unionport Rd Bx22
    60 feet
    Bx22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Ellis Avenue at Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2276 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    940 feet
  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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2022

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 800 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 1963.

Since 2014 at least 105 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Unionport Road (west side).

South side of Starling Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

East side of Unionport Road

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 200463, 220061 and 222179.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 106 Parkchester School
    660 feet
  2. St Helena School
    740 feet
  3. St Raymond Boys High School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Caserta Playground
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Helenas Church House of worship
    600 feet
  2. Parkchester Baptist Church House of worship
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chang Li Supermarket Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    510 feet
  3. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Starling Avenue or Unionport Road.

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