Olmstead Avenue & Seward Avenue
Olmstead Avenue and Seward Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Castle Hill-Unionport, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Castle Hill development. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Equality Charter High School is 650 feet away, and P.O. Serrano Playground is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Olmstead Av/Seward Av, is 80 feet away for the Bx36, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three 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, 80 feet away, for the Bx36.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Olmstead Av/Seward Av Bx3680 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 station0.3 miles
- 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 5 people injured
- 1 person killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.
What the city has done here
- Turn calming, November 2022
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
- 23 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,800 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.
The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Castle Hill development.
Trees
NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 11 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Olmstead Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Seward Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 schools
Schools and child care
- Equality Charter High School650 feet
- P.S. 138 Samuel Randall School850 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- P.O. Serrano Playground850 feet
- Randall Playground890 feet
Houses of worship
- Fellowship Covenant Church House of worship1,010 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket1,220 feet
- Golden Mango Supermarket0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Bruckner Commons Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 & Homer Avenue 270 feet
- Olmstead Avenue & Virgil Place 510 feet
- Randall Avenue & Olmstead Avenue 770 feet
- Lafayette Avenue & Olmstead Avenue 790 feet
- Seward Avenue & Pugsley Avenue 860 feet
- Castle Hill Avenue & Seward Avenue 860 feet
- Olmstead Avenue & Caesar Place 1,050 feet
- Olmstead Avenue & Turnbull Avenue 1,070 feet
See every intersection along Olmstead Avenue or Seward Avenue.