Radcliff Avenue & Magenta Street

Radcliff Avenue and Magenta Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Lab School is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them schools, and two places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Bronxwood Av/Duncan St · Bx8
Within a walk
12 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Radcliff Avenue & Magenta Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “My Sun (Mi Sol), My Planet (Mi Planeta) and My City (Mi Ciudad)” (2006) by Andrea Arroyo at the Gun Hill Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bronxwood Av/Duncan St, 630 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bronxwood Av/Duncan St Bx8
    630 feet
    Bx8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1124 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.5 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 September 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10469
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1970.

Since 2014 at least 83 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

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 March 2017 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Magenta Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Radcliff Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Radcliff Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Kids-Centric, Inc. Natly Esnard School
    560 feet
  2. Bronx Academy of Health Careers School
    660 feet
  3. Bronx Aerospace High School
    660 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bronx Lab School
    660 feet
  2. High School for Contemporary Arts School
    660 feet
  3. High School of Computers and Technology School
    660 feet
  4. Child Development Center of the Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Magenta Street or Radcliff Avenue.

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