Macombs Road & West 176th Street

Macombs Road and West 176th Street meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Academy for Language and Technology is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 176 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them schools, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
176 St
1,220 feet · 5 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Macombs Rd/W 176 St · Bx18A
Within a walk
19 places
6 schools, 3 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Macombs Road & West 176th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 176 St, 1,220 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 176 St 4
    1,220 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. Mt Eden Av 4
    0.4 miles
    4
  2. 174-175 Sts B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Reaching Out For Each Other” (2006) by Juan Sánchez at the 176 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Macombs Rd/W 176 St, 60 feet away, for the Bx18A.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Macombs Rd/W 176 St Bx18A
    60 feet
    Bx18A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18A …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Macombs Road.

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. University Ave & Macombs Rd 23 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1764 University Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
Elevation
135 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 3,200 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 1924 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 206 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 122 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Macombs Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of West 176th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 176th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1905 and 1960.

  1. Messiah Home for Children Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy for Language and Technology School
    330 feet
  2. I.S. 232 School
    330 feet
  3. I.S. X303 Leadership & Community Service School
    330 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 204 Morris Heights School
    690 feet
  2. Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  3. Northeast Bronx Day Care Cntr Grow School
    1,090 feet
  4. Shield Institute Bronx School
    1,180 feet
  5. B ' Above Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Galileo Playground
    70 feet
  2. Aqueduct Walk Park
    740 feet
  3. Eternal Life Community Garden
    900 feet
Show all 7
  1. Morton Playground
    960 feet
  2. Half-Nelson Playground
    1,090 feet
  3. Davidson Park
    1,250 feet
  4. Dr. Thomasina Bushby Park
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sedgwick Library
    690 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    480 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Macombs Road or West 176th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.