Andrews Avenue South & West 176th Street

Andrews Avenue South and West 176th Street meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Messiah Home for Children stands 630 feet away. The nearest subway, 176 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them schools, and 11 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
176 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
University Av/W 176 St · Bx3, Bx18B, Bx36
Within a walk
16 places
5 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Andrews Avenue South & West 176th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 176 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 176 St 4
    0.4 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Reaching Out For Each Other” (2006) by Juan Sánchez at the 176 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is University Av/W 176 St, 390 feet away, for the Bx3, Bx18B and Bx36.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. University Av/W 176 St Bx3, Bx18B, Bx36 · Shelter
    390 feet
    Bx3 Bx18B Bx36
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …
  2. Bx18B …
  3. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 176 St & Montgomery Ave 19 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1764 University Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
Elevation
146 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,800 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 1923 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 142 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 95 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Andrews Avenue South

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Andrews Avenue South

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 176th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1905 and 1960.

  1. Messiah Home for Children Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
  2. Promesa Head Start Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. Academy for Language and Technology School
    900 feet
Show all 8
  1. I.S. 232 School
    900 feet
  2. I.S. X303 Leadership & Community Service School
    900 feet
  3. P.S. 204 Morris Heights School
    1,110 feet
  4. Shield Institute Bronx School
    1,170 feet
  5. Bronx Works Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Galileo Playground
    980 feet
  2. Half-Nelson Playground
    1,010 feet
  3. Aqueduct Walk Park
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Featherbed Triangle
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sedgwick Library
    300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Andrews Avenue South or West 176th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.