Cross Bronx Expressway & Macombs Road

Cross Bronx Expressway and Macombs Road meet at a four-way crossing 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. Kipp Bronx Charter School III is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Mt Eden Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them playgrounds, and 12 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mt Eden Av
910 feet · 3 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Macombs Rd/Featherbed LN · Bx18B
Within a walk
15 places
4 playgrounds, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cross Bronx Expressway & Macombs Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Mt Eden Av, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mt Eden Av 4
    910 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 170 St 4
    0.3 miles
    4
  2. 174-175 Sts B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Procession of Folk #3” (2006) by Amir Bey at the Mt Eden Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Macombs Rd/Featherbed LN, 180 feet away, for the Bx18B.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Macombs Rd/Featherbed LN Bx18B
    180 feet
    Bx18B

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18B …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Macombs Road.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Macombs Rd & Featherbed Ln 19 docks in all
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 1,230 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    1,090 feet
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.5 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 May 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
14 and 16 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
44 and 46 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 499 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Kipp Bronx Charter School III School
    720 feet
  2. Comprehensive Model School Project M.S. 327 School
    990 feet
  3. Mount Eden Children's Academy School
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Zeta Charter School - Bronx Mount Eden School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Goble Playground
    410 feet
  2. Inwood Park
    520 feet
  3. Featherbenches Park
    930 feet
Show all 7
  1. Jerome Playground South Park
    1,070 feet
  2. Half-Nelson Playground
    1,130 feet
  3. Jennie Jerome Playground
    1,170 feet
  4. Galileo Playground
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Bronx Recreation Center
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cross Bronx Expressway or Macombs Road.

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