Bruckner Boulevard & Olmstead Avenue

Bruckner Boulevard and Olmstead Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church is 940 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bruckner Blvd/Castle Hill Av, is 920 feet away for the BxM8, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and six places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Bruckner Blvd/Castle Hill Av · BxM8
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 library and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bruckner Boulevard & Olmstead Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bruckner Blvd/Castle Hill Av, 920 feet away, for the BxM8.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bruckner Blvd/Castle Hill Av BxM8 · Shelter
    920 feet
    BxM8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM8 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Underhill Avenue at Bruckner Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1929 Bruckner Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, the median for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 344 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bruckner Boulevard

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Olmstead Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Olmstead Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 221907.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Castle Hill Library
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bruckner Boulevard or Olmstead Avenue.

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