Jerome Avenue & Sedgwick Avenue

Jerome Avenue and Sedgwick Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Highbridge, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Macombs Dam Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Jerome Av/E 161 St · Bx6, Bx13
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 1 garden and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jerome Avenue & Sedgwick Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    0.4 miles
    4 B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Room of Tranquility” (2002) by Helene Brandt and “Wall-Slide” (2002) by Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the 161 St-Yankee Stadium station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jerome Av/E 161 St, 440 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx13.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jerome Av/E 161 St Bx6, Bx13
    440 feet
    Bx6 Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & Ogden Ave 21 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Depot Place & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1165 Ogden Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Highbridge
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Sedgwick Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1901 and 1902.

  1. American Female Guardian Society Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Macombs Dam Park.

  1. Macombs Dam Park Fountain Fountain by Martin Schenck, 1908
    380 feet
  2. Highbridge World War I Memorial Statue, 1923
    670 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Macombs Dam Park
    60 feet
  2. Summit Playground
    310 feet
  3. Grandstand in Macombs Dam Park Park feature
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Woodycrest Community Garden
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. Highbridge Woodycrest Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jerome Avenue or Sedgwick 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.