Cruger Avenue & Magenta Street

Cruger Avenue and Magenta Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Gun Hill development. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Gun Hill Community Center is 290 feet away, and City of Faith Christian School is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
White Plains Rd/Magenta St · Bx39
Within a walk
23 places
8 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cruger Avenue & Magenta Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    1,150 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Burke Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “My Sun (Mi Sol), My Planet (Mi Planeta) and My City (Mi Ciudad)” (2006) by Andrea Arroyo at the Gun Hill Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is White Plains Rd/Magenta St, 320 feet away, for the Bx39.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. White Plains Rd/Magenta St Bx39
    320 feet
    Bx39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet, all of them on-street corrals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 688 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 3474 Putnam Place Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
104 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1949 and 1950.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Gun Hill development.

Since 2014 at least 66 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cruger Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Cruger Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Magenta Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. 123 Baby Talks Developmental Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    200 feet
  2. Northeast Bronx Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  3. City of Faith Christian School
    910 feet
Show all 8
  1. Mindbuilders Creative Arts Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. All Seasons a & C Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  3. P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road School
    930 feet
  4. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 5 School
    1,190 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 6 School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gun Hill Playground
    60 feet
  2. Magenta Playground
    740 feet
  3. Marcus Garvey Square
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. City of Faith Church of God House of worship
    860 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gun Hill Community Center
    290 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3377 White Plains Road Older adult center
    580 feet
  3. Williamsbridge Post Office
    890 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 62/Ladder 32 Fire station
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cruger Avenue or Magenta Street.

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