Metropolitan Avenue & Wood Avenue

Metropolitan Avenue and Wood Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Parkchester, Bronx. The corner is also named Kalyana Ranasinghe Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Virginia Playground is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them parks, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
840 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Metropolitan Av/Wood Av · Bx4A
Within a walk
13 places
3 parks, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & Wood Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    840 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. St Lawrence Av 6
    0.5 miles
    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 Metropolitan Av/Wood Av, 60 feet away, for the Bx4A.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Wood Av Bx4A
    60 feet
    Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 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, 1,100 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 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
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Parkchester
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Kalyana Ranasinghe Way, a co-naming enacted on February 5, 2015 (Local Law 15 of 2015).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 3,300 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 1926 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Kalyana Ranasinghe Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2024 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Time-limited parking 5 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 201585 and 221870.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Beauty School Trade or language school
    250 feet
  2. Bronx Charter School for Excellence Middle School
    1,210 feet
  3. Bronx Charter School for Excellence School
    1,290 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cheer-And-Grow Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Virginia Playground
    610 feet
  2. Hugh J. Grant Circle
    740 feet
  3. Virginia Park
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Wood Park
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1380 Metropolitan Avenue Older adult center
    250 feet
  2. Parkchester Post Office
    470 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    410 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    160 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and nine 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 Metropolitan Avenue, Parkchester Road or Wood Avenue.

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