Cross Bronx Expressway & Shakespeare Avenue

Cross Bronx Expressway and Shakespeare Avenue meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Plimpton Playground is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Mt Eden Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mt Eden Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
University Av/W 174 St · Bx3, Bx36
Within a walk
12 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cross Bronx Expressway & Shakespeare Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Mt Eden Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Mt Eden Av 4
    0.4 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, 950 feet away, for the Bx3 and Bx36.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …
  2. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 43 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
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1657 Jerome 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

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2012.

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
112 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 151 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cross Bronx Expressway

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

East side of Shakespeare Avenue

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

West side of Shakespeare Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 2 School
    750 feet
  2. P.S. 199x - the Shakespeare School
    1,050 feet
  3. Bronx-Manhattan SDA School
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bronx Works Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Half-Nelson Playground
    450 feet
  2. Featherbed Triangle
    730 feet
  3. Plimpton Playground
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship
    670 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Bronx Recreation Center
    450 feet
  2. Sedgwick Community Center
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    540 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cross Bronx Expressway or Shakespeare 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.