Cross Bronx Expressway & Plimpton Avenue

Cross Bronx Expressway and Plimpton Avenue 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. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, Mt Eden Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them playgrounds, and six places to eat. About 6,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mt Eden Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
University Av/W 174 St · Bx3, Bx36
Within a walk
13 places
3 playgrounds, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cross Bronx Expressway & Plimpton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Mt Eden Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Mt Eden Av 4
    0.5 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

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

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 University Av/W 174 St, 620 feet away, for the Bx3 and Bx36.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. University Av/W 174 St Bx3, Bx36
    620 feet
    Bx3 Bx36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …
  2. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Featherbed Ln & Nelson Ave 22 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.5 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
    1.6 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 March 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
Elevation
116 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,800 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 in 1950.

Since 2014 at least 213 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and November 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cross Bronx Expressway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Cross Bronx Expressway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Plimpton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Plimpton Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 2 School
    460 feet
  2. Bronx Works Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 199x - the Shakespeare School
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sedgwick Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  2. Bronx-Manhattan SDA School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Featherbed Triangle
    400 feet
  2. Half-Nelson Playground
    750 feet
  3. Plimpton Playground
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sedgwick Playground
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship
    470 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sedgwick Community Center
    830 feet
  2. West Bronx Recreation Center
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

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.