Olmstead Avenue & Homer Avenue
Olmstead Avenue and Homer Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Fellowship Covenant Church is 980 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Olmstead Av/Seward Av, is 350 feet away for the Bx36, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Olmstead Av/Seward Av, 350 feet away, for the Bx36.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Olmstead Av/Seward Av Bx36350 feetBx36
Next buses at this stop
- Bx36 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Bruckner Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 740 Castle Hill Avenue Gas station1,080 feet
- 2 Castle Hill Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
- 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars2.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10473
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 9
- City Council district
- 18
- Police precinct
- 43
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Castle Hill-Unionport
- Elevation
- 29 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,900 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 1949 and 1966.
Trees
NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Olmstead Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Olmstead Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 schools
Schools and child care
- P.S. 138 Samuel Randall School580 feet
- Equality Charter High School920 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- P.O. Serrano Playground580 feet
- Randall Playground1,150 feet
Houses of worship
- Fellowship Covenant Church House of worship980 feet
- St Andrews Church House of worship1,170 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Shopping centers
- Bruckner Commons Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two 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:
- Olmstead Avenue & Virgil Place 240 feet
- Olmstead Avenue & Seward Avenue 270 feet
- Lafayette Avenue & Olmstead Avenue 520 feet
- Olmstead Avenue & Turnbull Avenue 800 feet
- Pugsley Avenue & Homer Avenue 860 feet
- Castle Hill Avenue & Homer Avenue 860 feet
- Randall Avenue & Olmstead Avenue 1,050 feet
- Olmstead Avenue & Hermany Avenue 1,070 feet
See every intersection along Homer Avenue or Olmstead Avenue.