Olmstead Avenue & St Raymond Avenue

Olmstead Avenue and St Raymond Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Parkchester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 106 Parkchester is 270 feet away, and St Helena School is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Castle Hill Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them schools, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Castle Hill Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Starling Av/Unionport Rd · Bx22
Within a walk
12 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Olmstead Avenue & St Raymond Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Castle Hill Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Pelham Bay
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 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 Starling Av/Unionport Rd, 730 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Starling Av/Unionport Rd Bx22
    730 feet
    Bx22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2400 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    1,250 feet
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2023.

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)
Parkchester
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 3,800 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 1928 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Olmstead Avenue (west side).

East side of Olmstead Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of St Raymond Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of St Raymond Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 201640 and 222177.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 106 Parkchester School
    270 feet
  2. St Raymond Boys High School
    540 feet
  3. J.H.S. 127 the Castle Hill School
    870 feet
Show all 5
  1. Linden Tree Elementary School
    870 feet
  2. St Helena School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Caserta Playground
    280 feet
  2. Glover Street Community Garden
    1,150 feet
  3. Castle Hill Playground
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Helenas Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chang Li Supermarket Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 13 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Olmstead Avenue or St Raymond 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.