Unionport Road & Metropolitan Oval

Unionport Road and Metropolitan Oval (north-west) meet at a three-way junction in Parkchester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Parkchester Post Office is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and 11 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1932, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Metropolitan Av/Unionport Rd · Bx4A, BxM6
Within a walk
1 place
1 post office, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Unionport Road & Metropolitan Oval Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkchester, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Parkchester 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Day in Parkchester” (2011) by William Low at the Parkchester station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Unionport Rd, 50 feet away, for the Bx4A and BxM6.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Unionport Rd Bx4A, BxM6 · Shelter
    50 feet
    Bx4A BxM6
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4A …
  2. BxM6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 177th Street & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1879 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2022

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
53 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 2,200 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 1930 and 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 10 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Metropolitan Oval (west side) and Unionport Road (west side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Unionport Road (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Unionport Road (west side).

North side of Metropolitan Oval

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Metropolitan Oval

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Unionport Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 217094, 220061, 222179 and 222615.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 post office

Community centers and public services

  1. Parkchester Post Office
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    490 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    840 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    540 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    680 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    900 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and ten 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Metropolitan Oval or Unionport Road.

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