Davidson Avenue & West 174th Street
Davidson Avenue and West 174th Street meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. The corner is also named Loretta Ruddock Smith Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Inwood Park is 870 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 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Mt Eden Av, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.
- 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
- Mt Eden Av 4870 feet4
Next trains at this station
Northbound
1 line- 4 …
Manhattan
1 line- 4 …
Also within a walk
- 176 St 41,140 feet4
- 174-175 Sts B, D0.3 milesB 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/W 174 St, 1,010 feet away, for the Bx18A.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Macombs Rd/W 174 St Bx18A1,010 feetBx18A
Next buses at this stop
- Bx18A …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Featherbed Ln & Jerome Ave 21 docks in all470 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.
- 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, the median for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2021.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10453
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 14
- Police precinct
- 46
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
- Elevation
- 90 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Loretta Ruddock Smith Way, a co-naming enacted on February 25, 2016 (Local Law 23 of 2016).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 3,000 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 1926 and 1941.
Since 2014 at least 468 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Loretta Ruddock Smith Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 12 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Davidson Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
North side of West 174th Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of West 174th Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 4 parks
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Northeast Bronx Day Care Cntr Grow School730 feet
- Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K960 feet
- P.S. 170 Pre-K1,120 feet
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- B ' Above Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,230 feet
- Marc Academy and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,290 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Featherbenches Park350 feet
- Jennie Jerome Playground610 feet
- Jerome Playground South Park740 feet
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- Inwood Park870 feet
- Galileo Playground1,120 feet
- Davidson Park1,250 feet
Supermarkets
- Fine Fare Supermarket1,310 feet
- Food Universe Supermarket0.3 miles
- Antillana Market Place Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 18 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Davidson Avenue & West Clifford Place 260 feet
- Grand Avenue & West 174th Street 270 feet
- Davidson Avenue & Featherbed Lane 280 feet
- Inwood Avenue & Featherbed Lane 360 feet
- Jerome Avenue & West Clifford Place 540 feet
- Jerome Avenue & East 174th Street 540 feet
- Jerome Avenue & Clifford Place 590 feet
- Cross Bronx Expressway & Jerome Avenue 650 feet
See every intersection along Davidson Avenue or West 174th Street.