Metropolitan Avenue & Metropolitan Oval

Metropolitan Avenue and Metropolitan Oval (south-west) meet at a three-way junction in Parkchester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Parkchester Post Office is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and 14 places to eat. About 4,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Safety record
6 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Aileen Ryan Oval/Metropolitan Av · Bx22
Within a walk
4 places
1 older adult center, 1 post office and 2 more kinds, 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, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.3 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

  • 8 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

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
50 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 4,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. American Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Parkchester Post Office
    670 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1380 Metropolitan Avenue Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    400 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    500 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    880 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    970 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,080 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 11 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, seven 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.