Jerome Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway

Jerome Avenue and Major Deegan Expressway (Jerome Avenue) meet at a three-way junction in Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the ash.

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Jerome Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway

By car

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

  1. 4200 Van Cortlandt Park East Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 3510 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10471
Community board
Bronx Community Board 26
City Council district
11
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Van Cortlandt Park
Elevation
191 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the ash.

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, NYPD, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.