Major Deegan Expressway & West 233rd Street

Major Deegan Expressway and West 233rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Crescent Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 231 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
231 St
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Bailey Av/W 233 St · Bx10
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Major Deegan Expressway & West 233rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 231 St, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 231 St 1
    1,070 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 238 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Magic Realism in Kingsbridge” (2008) by Felipe Galindo at the 231 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bailey Av/W 233 St, 350 feet away, for the Bx10.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bailey Av/W 233 St Bx10
    350 feet
    Bx10

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 233 St & Albany Crescent 20 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3031 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11 and 14 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 40 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 field
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Children's Learning Company Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  2. Little Stars Childcare Program VI Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    760 feet
  3. Milton Fein School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crescent Park
    60 feet
  2. Cooney Grauer Field
    70 feet
  3. Bailey Playground
    690 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Independence Community Center Listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. Older adult center at 185 West 231st Street Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    240 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Broadway Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Major Deegan Expressway or West 233rd Street.

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