Virginia Avenue & Hugh J Grant Circle

Virginia Avenue and Hugh J Grant Circle meet at a three-way junction in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Virginia Playground is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
360 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Hugh Grant Circle/Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd · Bx11
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Virginia Avenue & Hugh J Grant Circle Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    360 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, 150 feet away, for the Bx11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 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, 730 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    1,300 feet
  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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2022
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 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 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and March 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Hugh J Grant Circle (south side).

West side of Hugh J Grant Circle

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Virginia Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 220448.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cheer-And-Grow Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. American Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  3. Bronx Charter School for Excellence Middle School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hugh J. Grant Circle
    40 feet
  2. Virginia Park
    370 feet
  3. Virginia Playground
    620 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkchester Library
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Revelation Church House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1380 Metropolitan Avenue Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    520 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    70 feet
  2. Chang Li Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,140 feet

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hugh J Grant Circle or Virginia Avenue.

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