Olmstead Avenue & Virgil Place
Olmstead Avenue and Virgil Place 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. St Andrews Church is 940 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lafayette Av/Olmstead Av, is 320 feet away for the Bx5, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them schools. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1978, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Olmstead Av, 320 feet away, for the Bx5.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Lafayette Av/Olmstead Av Bx5320 feetBx5
Next buses at this stop
- Bx5 …
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, 0.7 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 chargers0.9 miles
- 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars2.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 March 2024.
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
- 37 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1978.
Trees
NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Olmstead Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Virgil Place
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 8 schools
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- P.S. 138 Samuel Randall School340 feet
- Antonia Pantoja Preparatory Academy: a College Board School1,130 feet
- Bronx Bridges High School1,130 feet
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- Bronx Community High School1,130 feet
- Bronx Compass High School1,130 feet
- Gotham Collaborative High School1,130 feet
- Millennium Art Academy School1,130 feet
- Equality Charter High School1,160 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- P.O. Serrano Playground340 feet
Houses of worship
- St Andrews Church House of worship940 feet
- Fellowship Covenant Church House of worship1,190 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch1,120 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 food store.
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 & Homer Avenue 240 feet
- Lafayette Avenue & Olmstead Avenue 280 feet
- Olmstead Avenue & Seward Avenue 510 feet
- Olmstead Avenue & Turnbull Avenue 560 feet
- Olmstead Avenue & Hermany Avenue 830 feet
- Castle Hill Avenue & Virgil Place 860 feet
- Pugsley Avenue & Virgil Place 860 feet
- Story Avenue & Olmstead Avenue 1,090 feet
See every intersection along Olmstead Avenue or Virgil Place.