Olmstead Avenue & Chatterton Avenue

Olmstead Avenue and Chatterton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 036 Unionport is 1,290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castle Hill Av/Chatterton Av, is 950 feet away for the Bx22, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
Castle Hill Av/Chatterton Av · Bx22
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Olmstead Avenue & Chatterton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Castle Hill Av/Chatterton Av, 950 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Castle Hill Av/Chatterton Av Bx22
    950 feet
    Bx22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

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. 1929 Bruckner Boulevard 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
    2.3 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 January 2022.

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Chatterton Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Chatterton Avenue

  • No parking 11 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 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 12 School
    1,180 feet
  3. P.S. 036 Unionport School
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Holy Family Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

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 five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Chatterton 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.