Jerome Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway

Jerome Avenue and Major Deegan Expressway (East 233rd Street) meet at a five-way junction in Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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By car

A ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound starts at this corner.

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10470
Community board
Bronx Community Board 26
City Council district
11
Police precinct
47 and 50 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Van Cortlandt Park
Elevation
202 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Trees

NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC City Planning, NYPD and NYC Parks, retrieved September 19–30, 2026.