Davidson Avenue & West Kingsbridge Road

Davidson Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (North)-Fordham, Bronx. The corner is also named Phyllis Yvonne Reed Plaza by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Eighth Coastal Artillery Armory stands 120 feet away, and the Plaza Rehab and Nursing Center is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about a minute on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

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Davidson Avenue & West Kingsbridge Road Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsbridge Rd 4
    350 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    1,280 feet
    B D
  2. Fordham Rd 4
    0.4 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Motif” (2007) by Mario M. Muller at the Kingsbridge Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Kingsbridge Rd/Jerome Av, 270 feet away, for the BX95.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Kingsbridge Rd/Jerome Av BX95 · Shelter
    270 feet
    BX95
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. BX95 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Davidson Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & W 193 St 18 docks in all
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2895 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
14
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (North)-Fordham
Elevation
133 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Phyllis Yvonne Reed Plaza, a co-naming enacted on December 20, 2010 (Local Law 3 of 2011).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 1921 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 153 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Phyllis Yvonne Reed Plaza.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on West Kingsbridge Road (north side).

East side of Davidson Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Davidson Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West Kingsbridge Road

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 204876 and 214039.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1912 and 1917.

  1. Eighth Coastal Artillery Armory Designated landmark
    120 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kipp Bronx Charter School II School
    920 feet
  2. P.S. 086 Kingsbridge Heights School
    1,180 feet
  3. P.S. 340 School
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 246 Poe Center School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Barnhill Square
    320 feet
  2. Aqueduct Walk Park
    440 feet
  3. St. James Park
    700 feet
Show all 4
  1. St James Park Playground
    800 feet

Health care

  1. The Plaza Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jerome Park Library
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fordham Manor Church House of worship
    530 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jerome Ave Post Office
    1,100 feet
  2. St James Recreation Center
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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