Holland Avenue & Magenta Street

Holland Avenue and Magenta Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Gun Hill development. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Gun Hill Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, nine of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
White Plains Rd/Magenta St · Bx39
Within a walk
28 places
9 schools, 7 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Holland Avenue & Magenta Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    1,310 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, 590 feet away, for the Bx39.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral

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. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
96 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,500 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 1965.

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 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Holland Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Holland Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Magenta Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Magenta Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. 123 Baby Talks Developmental Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 5 School
    920 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 6 School
    920 feet
Show all 13
  1. Northeast Bronx Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Mindbuilders Creative Arts Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  3. All Seasons a & C Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  4. Bronx Academy of Health Careers School
    1,140 feet
  5. Bronx Aerospace High School
    1,140 feet
  6. Bronx Lab School
    1,140 feet
  7. High School for Contemporary Arts School
    1,140 feet
  8. High School of Computers and Technology School
    1,140 feet
  9. City of Faith Christian School
    1,170 feet
  10. P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gun Hill Playground
    50 feet
  2. Magenta Playground
    1,010 feet
  3. Marcus Garvey Square
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. 211th Street Community Garden
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. City of Faith Church of God House of worship
    1,130 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
    850 feet
  3. Williamsbridge Post Office
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 62/Ladder 32 Fire station
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and seven 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Holland 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.