Olmstead Avenue & Powell Avenue

Olmstead Avenue and Powell 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. Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Castle Hill Av · Q44 SBS
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Olmstead Avenue & Powell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Day in Parkchester” (2011) by William Low at the Parkchester station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Castle Hill Av, 940 feet away, for the Q44 SBS.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bronx Expwy Service Rd/Castle Hill Av Q44 SBS
    940 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
    0.5 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 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 November 2024.

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
26 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Olmstead Avenue

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

West side of Olmstead Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Powell Avenue

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

South side of Powell Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 12 School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park
    910 feet
  2. Church Triangle
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    490 feet
  2. Holy Family Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Chang Li Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    350 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bruckner Commons Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and eight 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 nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Olmstead Avenue or Powell 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.