Olmstead Avenue & Haviland Avenue

Olmstead Avenue and Haviland Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Church Triangle is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Castle Hill Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Castle Hill Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Castle Hill Av · Q44 SBS
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Olmstead Avenue & Haviland Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Castle Hill Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.5 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
    0.5 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 Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Castle Hill Av, 870 feet away, for the Q44 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Castle Hill Av Q44 SBS
    870 feet
    Q44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

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, 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
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Haviland Avenue

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

South side of Haviland Avenue

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

East side of Olmstead Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Olmstead Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 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
    270 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 12 School
    1,070 feet
  3. Pugsley Preparatory Academy School
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 036 Unionport School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Church Triangle
    950 feet
  2. Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Holy Family Church House of worship
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    620 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Haviland Avenue or Olmstead Avenue.

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