Metropolitan Avenue & Metropolitan Oval

Metropolitan Avenue and Metropolitan Oval (north-east) meet at a three-way junction in Parkchester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Parkchester Post Office is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and 13 places to eat. About 6,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Aileen Ryan Oval/Metropolitan Av · Bx22
Within a walk
1 place
1 post office, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & Metropolitan Oval Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Day in Parkchester” (2011) by William Low at the Parkchester station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Aileen Ryan Oval/Metropolitan Av, 30 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Aileen Ryan Oval/Metropolitan Av Bx22
    30 feet
    Bx22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1881 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2022

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)
Parkchester
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 6,000 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 in 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the scarlet oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Metropolitan Oval (west side).

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Metropolitan Oval

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Metropolitan Oval

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 222181 and 222615.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 post office

Community centers and public services

  1. Parkchester Post Office
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    820 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    880 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,190 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Metropolitan Avenue or Metropolitan Oval.

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