Wallace Avenue & North Oak Drive

Wallace Avenue and North Oak Drive meet at a three-way junction in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Gun Hill Playground is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Burke Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Burke Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
1,000 feet
Bronxwood Av/Burke Av · Bx8
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wallace Avenue & North Oak Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Burke Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Burke Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx Literature” (2006) by Béatrice Coron at the Burke Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bronxwood Av/Burke Av, 1,000 feet away, for the Bx8.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bronxwood Av/Burke Av Bx8 · Shelter
    1,000 feet
    Bx8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

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. 786 Burke Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.9 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
106 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 40 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the eastern redbud.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of North Oak Drive

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Wallace Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Wallace Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center

Schools and child care

  1. All Seasons a & C Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  2. 123 Baby Talks Developmental Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gun Hill Playground
    770 feet
  2. Magenta Playground
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gun Hill Community Center
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 14 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along North Oak Drive or Wallace 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.