Macombs Dam Bridge & Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path

Macombs Dam Bridge and Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path meet at a three-way junction in Highbridge, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. American Female Guardian Society stands 460 feet away, and Yankee Stadium is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about four minutes on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them parks, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
E 161 St/Macombs Dam Bridge · Bx6
Within a walk
10 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Macombs Dam Bridge & Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    1,120 feet
    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 E 161 St/Macombs Dam Bridge, 190 feet away, for the Bx6.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 161 St/Macombs Dam Bridge Bx6
    190 feet
    Bx6

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Macombs Dam Bridge and Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path.

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & Anderson Ave 19 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at East 153rd Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1133 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 800 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 1926 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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
    460 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 3 other places

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Macombs Dam Park
    70 feet
  2. Grandstand in Macombs Dam Park Park feature
    500 feet
  3. Elston Gene Howard Field Playground
    910 feet
Show all 6
  1. Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park and Recreation Center Park
    1,040 feet
  2. Woodycrest Community Garden
    1,170 feet
  3. Mullaly Playground (1) Playground
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Highbridge Woodycrest Center Nursing home or hospice
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Plaza Apartments Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Yankee Stadium Stadium or arena
    600 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Macombs Dam Bridge or Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path.

Sources: 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.