Olmstead Avenue & Blackrock Avenue

Olmstead Avenue and Blackrock Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Holy Family Church is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castle Hill Av/Watson Av, is 1,100 feet away for the Bx22, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and seven places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,100 feet
Castle Hill Av/Watson Av · Bx22
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Olmstead Avenue & Blackrock Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Castle Hill Av/Watson Av, 1,100 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Castle Hill Av/Watson Av Bx22 · Shelter
    1,100 feet
    Bx22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway westbound at Bruckner Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1141 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2244 Westchester Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
18
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Castle Hill-Unionport
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 344 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blackrock Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Blackrock Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Olmstead Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Olmstead Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 12 School
    910 feet
  3. P.S. 036 Unionport School
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Dr. Emmett W. Bassett School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Church Triangle
    1,160 feet
  2. FDNY-EMT Yadira Arroyo Playground
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    400 feet
  2. Holy Family Church House of worship
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,150 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Blackrock Avenue or Olmstead Avenue.

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