Cross Bronx Expressway & University Avenue
Cross Bronx Expressway and University Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 51 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church is 940 feet away. The nearest bus stop, University Av/G W Bridge Entrance Ramp, is 210 feet away for the Bx3 and Bx36, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them playgrounds, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is University Av/G W Bridge Entrance Ramp, 210 feet away, for the Bx3 and Bx36.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- University Av/G W Bridge Entrance Ramp Bx3, Bx36210 feetBx3 Bx36
Next buses at this stop
- Bx3 …
- Bx36 …
Cycling
- 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- Featherbed Ln & Nelson Ave 22 docks in all1,150 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Depot Place & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 1314 Sedgwick Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 51 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 37 people injured
- 1 person killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
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
Homes
About 6,900 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 in 1950.
Since 2014 at least 149 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 playgrounds
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 parks
- 2 schools
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- Sedgwick Trade or language school500 feet
- Garden of Learning and Discovery Pre-K Center at 1434 Ogden Avenue Pre-K center520 feet
- Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 2 School980 feet
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- Bronx Works Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,230 feet
- Bronx-Manhattan SDA School1,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Plimpton Playground190 feet
- Sedgwick Playground300 feet
- Bridge Playground590 feet
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- Featherbed Triangle720 feet
- Bridge Park1,030 feet
- Ogden Plimpton Playground1,130 feet
- Half-Nelson Playground1,290 feet
Houses of worship
- Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship940 feet
Community centers and public services
- Sedgwick Community Center680 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Universe Supermarket1,030 feet
- Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket1,220 feet
- Bravo Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and eight food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:
- University Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway 90 feet
- University Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway 100 feet
- University Avenue & Washington Bridge 120 feet
- University Avenue & Washington Bridge Bike Path 130 feet
- University Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway 160 feet
- Washington Bridge & University Avenue at Edward L Grant Highway 200 feet
- University Avenue & Ogden Avenue 520 feet
- Washington Bridge & University Avenue at Washington Bridge Pedestrian Path 630 feet
See every intersection along Cross Bronx Expressway or University Avenue.