Billingsley Terrace & Phelan Place

Billingsley Terrace and Phelan Place (north-east) meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Beanstalk Playground is 180 feet away, and Charter High School for Law and Social Justice is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, West Burnside Av/Phelan Pl, is 210 feet away for the Bx40, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1,060 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
West Burnside Av/Phelan Pl · Bx40
Within a walk
11 places
4 schools, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Billingsley Terrace & Phelan Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Burnside Av/Phelan Pl, 210 feet away, for the Bx40.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Burnside Av/Phelan Pl Bx40
    210 feet
    Bx40

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sedgwick Ave & W Burnside Ave 17 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 1,060 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
84 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

East side of Billingsley Terrace

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Billingsley Terrace

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Phelan Place

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 226 School
    810 feet
  2. M.S. 390 School
    1,070 feet
  3. P.S. 396 School
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Charter High School for Law and Social Justice School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beanstalk Playground
    180 feet
  2. Cedar Playground
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Methodist Church House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 200 West Tremont Avenue Older adult center
    880 feet
  2. Community center at West Tremont Avenue-Sedgwick Avenue Area Community center
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 43/Ladder 59 Fire station
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Billingsley Terrace or Phelan Place.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.