Unionport Road & Metropolitan Oval

Unionport Road and Metropolitan Oval (south-east) meet at a three-way junction in Parkchester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Parkchester Post Office is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkchester, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 12 places to eat. About 8,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkchester
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Aileen Ryan Oval/Unionport Rd · Bx4A
Within a walk
3 places
1 older adult center, 1 post office and 1 more kind, 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Castle Hill Av 6
    0.5 miles
    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 Aileen Ryan Oval/Unionport Rd, 170 feet away, for the Bx4A.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Aileen Ryan Oval/Unionport Rd Bx4A
    170 feet
    Bx4A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1881 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2181 Starling Avenue Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes 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 October 2024.

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 8,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and 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.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. American Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Parkchester Post Office
    980 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1380 Metropolitan Avenue Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    710 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    810 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    880 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    1,190 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 11 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, six 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.