Magenta Street & Capuchin Way

Magenta Street and Capuchin Way meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Gun Hill Community Center is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them schools, and six places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1949 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/Barnes Av · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
17 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Magenta Street & Capuchin Way Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 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 East Gun Hill Rd/Barnes Av, 830 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Gun Hill Rd/Barnes Av Bx28, Bx38
    830 feet
    Bx28 Bx38

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx28 …
  2. Bx38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 786 Burke Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
92 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1965.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redbud.

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 January 2021 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Capuchin Way

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

West side of Capuchin Way

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

North side of Magenta Street

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

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

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 5 School
    560 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 6 School
    560 feet
  3. Bronx Academy of Health Careers School
    780 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bronx Aerospace High School
    780 feet
  2. Bronx Lab School
    780 feet
  3. High School for Contemporary Arts School
    780 feet
  4. High School of Computers and Technology School
    780 feet
  5. 123 Baby Talks Developmental Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  6. Northeast Bronx Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gun Hill Playground
    400 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gun Hill Community Center
    650 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3377 White Plains Road Older adult center
    1,200 feet
  3. Williamsbridge Post Office
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

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 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 Capuchin Way 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.