Olinville Avenue & Magenta Street

Olinville Avenue and Magenta Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road is 310 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 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1949, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
White Plains Rd/Magenta St · Bx39
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Olinville Avenue & Magenta Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    1,200 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, 310 feet away, for the Bx39.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet, all of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hull Ave & E Gun Hill Rd 18 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 688 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    900 feet
  2. 3474 Putnam Place Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more 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 April 2024.

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
86 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

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 1929 and 1949.

Since 2014 at least 25 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Magenta Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Magenta Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Olinville Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Olinville Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Mindbuilders Creative Arts Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    230 feet
  2. P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road School
    310 feet
  3. Northeast Bronx Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
Show all 6
  1. 123 Baby Talks Developmental Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  2. City of Faith Christian School
    900 feet
  3. All Seasons a & C Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gun Hill Playground
    670 feet
  2. Magenta Playground
    750 feet
  3. Marcus Garvey Square
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. City of Faith Church of God House of worship
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3377 White Plains Road Older adult center
    410 feet
  2. Gun Hill Community Center
    910 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 62/Ladder 32 Fire station
    770 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Magenta Street or Olinville Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, 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.