Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street

Cedar Avenue and West 179th Street meet at a five-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 38 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Cedar Playground is 50 feet away, and Roberto Clemente State Park is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cedar Av/W 179 St, is 120 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks, and five places to eat.

Safety record
31 hurt
38 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
a ramp starts at this corner
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Cedar Av/W 179 St · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
6 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cedar Av/W 179 St, 120 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cedar Av/W 179 St Bx40, Bx42
    120 feet
    Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 179th Street.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

A ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound starts at this corner.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 38 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14 and 16 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 900 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 1927 and 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Siberian elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 65 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cedar Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 17 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Cedar Avenue

  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 179th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of West 179th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 226 School
    350 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cedar Playground
    50 feet
  2. Roberto Clemente State Park
    820 feet
  3. University Woods Park
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. Beanstalk Playground
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 43/Ladder 59 Fire station
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and four 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 corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cedar Avenue, Major Deegan Expressway or West 179th Street.

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