Zerega Avenue & Homer Avenue

Zerega Avenue and Homer Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The nearest bus stop, Bruckner Blvd/Zerega Av, is 0.4 miles away for the Bx5, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. Within 820 feet are 16 homes, mostly built between 1945 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the English oak.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.4 miles
Bruckner Blvd/Zerega Av · Bx5
Within a walk
1 place
1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Zerega Avenue & Homer Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bruckner Blvd/Zerega Av, 0.4 miles away, for the Bx5.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bruckner Blvd/Zerega Av Bx5
    0.4 miles
    Bx5

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx5 …

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. 740 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1133 Zerega Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
  • A designated truck route

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 16 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the English oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Zerega Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building

Supermarkets

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

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, two of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Homer Avenue or Zerega Avenue.

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