Featherbed Lane & Jesup Avenue

Featherbed Lane and Jesup Avenue meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Featherbed Triangle is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Mt Eden Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them parks, and eight places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
11 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mt Eden Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Macombs Rd/Featherbed LN · Bx18B
Within a walk
13 places
3 parks, 3 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Featherbed Lane & Jesup Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Mt Eden Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mt Eden Av 4
    0.3 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 176 St 4
    0.4 miles
    4
  2. 174-175 Sts B, D
    0.4 miles
    B 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/Featherbed LN, 570 feet away, for the Bx18B.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Macombs Rd/Featherbed LN Bx18B
    570 feet
    Bx18B

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18B …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
91 feet above sea level

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.

Since 2014 at least 506 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Featherbed Lane

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Jesup Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Jesup Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 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. Bronx Works Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Half-Nelson Playground
    440 feet
  2. Featherbed Triangle
    730 feet
  3. Goble Playground
    1,100 feet
Show all 6
  1. Galileo Playground
    1,110 feet
  2. Inwood Park
    1,210 feet
  3. Featherbenches Park
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship
    660 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 11 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Featherbed Lane or Jesup 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.