Purdy Street & Metropolitan Avenue

Purdy Street and Metropolitan Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Parkchester, Bronx. The corner is also named George A. Romero Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Raymond Elementary School is 580 feet away, and St Raymond Boys High School is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/Purdy St, is 160 feet away for the Bx4A. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them schools, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Metropolitan Av/Purdy St · Bx4A
Within a walk
12 places
6 schools, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Purdy Street & Metropolitan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Purdy St, 160 feet away, for the Bx4A.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Purdy St Bx4A
    160 feet
    Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2400 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
27 feet above sea level

This corner is also named George A. Romero Way, a co-naming enacted on July 20, 2024 (Local Law 81 of 2024).

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 269 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on George A. Romero Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

East side of Purdy Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of Purdy Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 207144.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. St Raymond Academy for Girls School
    350 feet
  2. St Raymond Elementary School
    580 feet
  3. J.H.S. 127 the Castle Hill School
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. Linden Tree Elementary School
    950 feet
  2. St Raymond Boys High School
    1,110 feet
  3. Easter Seals NY - Child Development School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Castle Hill Playground
    380 feet
  2. Glover Street Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  3. Caserta Playground
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Raymonds RC Church House of worship
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 13 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Metropolitan Avenue or Purdy Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.