Billingsley Terrace & Phelan Place

Billingsley Terrace and Phelan Place (south-west) meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Messiah Home for Children stands 630 feet away. The nearest bus stop, West Tremont Av/Loring Pl South, is 510 feet away for the Bx18A, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them playgrounds, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
West Tremont Av/Loring Pl South · Bx18A
Within a walk
9 places
2 playgrounds, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Billingsley Terrace & Phelan Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Tremont Av/Loring Pl South, 510 feet away, for the Bx18A.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Tremont Av/Loring Pl South Bx18A
    510 feet
    Bx18A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W Tremont Ave & Montgomery Ave 21 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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.

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
115 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1941.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the river birch.

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

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

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Shield Institute Bronx School
    930 feet
  2. P.S. 226 School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beanstalk Playground
    340 feet
  2. Cedar Playground
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 200 West Tremont Avenue Older adult center
    460 feet
  2. Community center at West Tremont Avenue-Sedgwick Avenue Area Community center
    710 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 43/Ladder 59 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.