East 177th Street & Olmstead Avenue

East 177th Street and Olmstead Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Helenas Church is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Castle Hill Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Castle Hill Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Newbold Av · Q44 SBS
Within a walk
14 places
9 religious buildings, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 177th Street & Olmstead Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Castle Hill Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.4 miles
    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/Newbold Av, 880 feet away, for the Q44 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Newbold Av Q44 SBS
    880 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 southbound at East 177th Street & Ellis Avenue at Cross Bronx Expressway, 460 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1141 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 124 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East 177th Street (south side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 222245.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  2. St Helena School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park
    60 feet
  2. Church Triangle
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Glory of Christ Church House of worship
    500 feet
  2. St Helenas Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  3. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 64/Ladder 47 Fire station
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chang Li Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    870 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 14 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 177th Street 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.