Olmstead Avenue & Ellis Avenue

Olmstead Avenue and Ellis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Castle Hill Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1955, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Castle Hill Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
Westchester Av/Olmstead Av · Bx4
Within a walk
13 places
10 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Olmstead Avenue & Ellis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Castle Hill Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.3 miles
    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, 670 feet away, for the Bx4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Ellis Avenue.

  • 8 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, 400 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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)
Castle Hill-Unionport
Elevation
31 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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1955.

Since 2014 at least 206 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2014 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ellis Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Ellis Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Olmstead Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Olmstead Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. St Helena School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park
    40 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Glory of Christ Church House of worship
    410 feet
  2. St Helenas Church House of worship
    820 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 64/Ladder 47 Fire station
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chang Li Supermarket Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,040 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 16 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 Ellis Avenue or Olmstead Avenue.

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