Major Deegan Expressway & Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path

Major Deegan Expressway and Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path (east) meet at a four-way crossing 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. Macombs Dam Park is 20 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about six minutes on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 45 places to eat. Within 820 feet are 28 homes, mostly built in 1924, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
E 161 St/Macombs Dam Bridge · Bx6
Within a walk
5 places
1 nursing home or hospice, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Major Deegan Expressway & Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    0.3 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 155 St B, D
    0.5 miles
    B 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, 740 feet away, for the Bx6.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A link between bike routes runs on Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & Ogden Ave 21 docks in all
    1,120 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 28 homes, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 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
    610 feet
  2. Macombs Dam Park Fountain Fountain by Martin Schenck, 1908
    700 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Macombs Dam Park
    20 feet
  2. Grandstand in Macombs Dam Park Park feature
    300 feet
  3. Elston Gene Howard Field Playground
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Highbridge Woodycrest Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Macombs Dam Bridge Pedestrian Path or Major Deegan Expressway.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYPD, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 3, 2026.