Macombs Dam Bridge & Major Deegan Expressway Service Road

Macombs Dam Bridge and Major Deegan Expressway Service Road meet at a six-way junction in Highbridge, Bronx, at the edge of Yankee Stadium-Macombs Dam Park. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The statue “Highbridge World War I Memorial” is 690 feet away. NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the paperbark maple.

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Macombs Dam Bridge & Major Deegan Expressway Service Road

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 89 St Nicholas Place Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
8 and 16 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Highbridge; the corner is on the edge of the Yankee Stadium-Macombs Dam Park area

The streets

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the paperbark maple.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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
    690 feet
  2. Macombs Dam Park Fountain Fountain by Martin Schenck, 1908
    710 feet

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