Olmstead Avenue & Benedict Avenue

Olmstead Avenue and Benedict Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Parkchester, Bronx. The corner is also named Monsignor Arthur J. Scanlan Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Helenas Church is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Castle Hill Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Castle Hill Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Westchester Av/Olmstead Av · Bx4
Within a walk
18 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Olmstead Avenue & Benedict Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Castle Hill Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    990 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx: Heart, Homeland” (2015) by Priscila De Carvalho at the Castle Hill Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Olmstead Av, 310 feet away, for the Bx4.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Olmstead Av Bx4
    310 feet
    Bx4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Ellis Avenue at Cross Bronx Expressway, 1,290 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2276 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    1,240 feet
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
33 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Monsignor Arthur J. Scanlan Square, a co-naming enacted on May 27, 1965 (Local Law 52 of 1965).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 242 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Monsignor Arthur J. Scanlan Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Benedict Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Benedict Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Olmstead Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Olmstead Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. St Helena School
    180 feet
  2. P.S. 106 Parkchester School
    960 feet
  3. Bronx Charter School for Excellence School
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bronx Charter School for Excellence Middle School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park
    940 feet
  2. Caserta Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkchester Library
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Helenas Church House of worship
    110 feet
  2. Parkchester Baptist Church House of worship
    720 feet
  3. Glory of Christ Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chang Li Supermarket Supermarket
    290 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    920 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 21 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Benedict Avenue or Olmstead Avenue.

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