Grand Avenue & Macombs Road

Grand Avenue and Macombs Road meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Galileo Playground is 740 feet away, and I.S. X303 Leadership & Community Service is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Mt Eden Av, is about five 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 schools, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mt Eden Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Macombs Rd/W 174 St · Bx18A
Within a walk
16 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Avenue & Macombs Road 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 five 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
    0.3 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/W 174 St, 320 feet away, for the Bx18A.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Macombs Rd/W 174 St Bx18A
    320 feet
    Bx18A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Macombs Road.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Macombs Rd & Featherbed Ln 19 docks in all
    390 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2022
  • Turn calming, November 2022

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
94 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 523 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 70 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Featherbed Lane

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Featherbed Lane

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

South side of Featherbed Lane

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Grand Avenue

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

West side of Grand Avenue

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

East side of Macombs Road

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Macombs Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 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.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 2 School
    1,120 feet
  2. Kipp Bronx Charter School III School
    1,250 feet
  3. Academy for Language and Technology School
    1,300 feet
Show all 5
  1. I.S. 232 School
    1,300 feet
  2. I.S. X303 Leadership & Community Service School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Galileo Playground
    740 feet
  2. Half-Nelson Playground
    820 feet
  3. Goble Playground
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Inwood Park
    1,050 feet
  2. Featherbenches Park
    1,080 feet
  3. Featherbed Triangle
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Bronx Recreation Center
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Featherbed Lane, Grand Avenue or Macombs Road.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.