Zerega Avenue & Effingham Avenue

Zerega Avenue and Effingham 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 Garden Association is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castle Hill Av/Norton Av, is 680 feet away for the Bx22. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them gardens. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 2000, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Castle Hill Av/Norton Av · Bx22
Within a walk
4 places
2 gardens, 1 ambulance station and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Zerega Avenue & Effingham Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Castle Hill Av/Norton Av, 680 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Castle Hill Av/Norton Av Bx22
    680 feet
    Bx22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Zerega Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 740 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2 Castle Hill Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10473
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Castle Hill-Unionport
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 2000.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 recreation center

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Karol's Urban Farm - Castle Hill Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    710 feet
  2. Havemeyer Garden Association Garden
    850 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 3 Ambulance station
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx YMCA Recreation center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Mango Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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 Effingham Avenue or Zerega Avenue.

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