Watson Avenue & Havemeyer Avenue

Watson Avenue and Havemeyer Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Havemeyer Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Castle Hill Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Castle Hill Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Haviland Av · Q44 SBS
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Watson Avenue & Havemeyer Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 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 Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Haviland Av, 810 feet away, for the Q44 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Haviland Av Q44 SBS
    810 feet
    Q44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Zerega Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1141 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station
    1,180 feet
  2. 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 August 2021.

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)
Castle Hill-Unionport
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Havemeyer Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Watson Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Watson Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Church Triangle.

  1. Unionport Memorial Stele by John I. Boyd, 1924
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 12 School
    1,140 feet
  2. P.S. 036 Unionport School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Havemeyer Playground
    50 feet
  2. Church Triangle
    840 feet

Health care

  1. Rebekah Rehab and Extended Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    410 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Family Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, 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 Havemeyer Avenue or Watson Avenue.

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