Grand Avenue & Buchanan Place

Grand Avenue and Buchanan Place meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. I.S. 206 Ann Mersereau is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, 183 St, 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, seven of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
183 St
760 feet · 3 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
Jerome Av/W 183 St · Bx32
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Avenue & Buchanan Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 183 St, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 183 St 4
    760 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 182-183 Sts B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Burnside Av 4
    0.4 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Many Trails” (2008) by Jose Ortiz at the 183 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jerome Av/W 183 St, 830 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jerome Av/W 183 St Bx32
    830 feet
    Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Buchanan Place and Grand Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Buchanan Pl & Grand Ave 21 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2340 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
134 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1924 and 1951.

Since 2014 at least 72 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Buchanan Place

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

South side of Buchanan Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Grand Avenue

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

West side of Grand Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 206 Ann Mersereau School
    610 feet
  2. Kipp Freedom Charter School
    730 feet
  3. P.S. 091 Bronx School
    740 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jardin de las Rosas Garden
    360 feet
  2. Aqueduct Walk Park
    410 feet
  3. Grand Playground
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Aqueduct Lands Playground
    920 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 19 Ambulance station
    820 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. V. Santini, Inc. Warehouse Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. University Heights Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    420 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    730 feet
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 25 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 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Buchanan Place or Grand Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.