Reservoir Oval East & Holt Place

Reservoir Oval East and Holt Place meet at a three-way junction in Norwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Williamsbridge Oval is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood-205 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them schools, and two places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1938, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood-205 St
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
1,110 feet
Bainbridge Av/Van Cortlandt Av East · Bx10, Bx16, Bx28, Bx34 +2
Within a walk
13 places
3 schools, 2 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Reservoir Oval East & Holt Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood-205 St, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Norwood-205 St D
    1,110 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bainbridge Av/Van Cortlandt Av East, 1,110 feet away, for the Bx10, Bx16, Bx28, Bx34 and two more.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bainbridge Av/Van Cortlandt Av East Bx10, Bx16, Bx28, Bx34 +2
    1,110 feet
    Bx10 Bx16 Bx28 Bx34 Bx38 BxM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx16 …
  3. Bx28 …
  4. Bx34 …
  5. Bx38 …
  6. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Reservoir Oval E & Bainbridge Ave 16 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 641 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 3474 Putnam Place Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, July 2013

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
11
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Norwood
Elevation
164 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1924 and 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 170 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Holt Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Holt Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Reservoir Oval East

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 historic site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 6 School
    900 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Norwood School
    900 feet
  3. P.S. 056 Norwood Heights School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Williamsbridge Oval Park · listed historic place
    30 feet
  2. Williamsbridge Oval Playground
    850 feet
  3. Whalen Playground
    1,120 feet

Health care

  1. Mosholu Parkway Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Keeper's House, Williamsbridge Reservoir Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  2. Valentine Varian House Historic site
    1,020 feet
  3. Museum of Bronx History at Valentine Varian House Museum
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brendans Church House of worship
    550 feet
  2. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Our Savior House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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:

See every intersection along Holt Place or Reservoir Oval East.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, 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.