Nelson Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway
Nelson Avenue and Cross Bronx Expressway meet at a ten-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Featherbed Triangle is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Mt Eden Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 7,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Mt Eden Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- Mt Eden Av 40.5 miles4
Next trains at this station
Northbound
1 line- 4 …
Manhattan
1 line- 4 …
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Procession of Folk #3” (2006) by Amir Bey at the Mt Eden Av station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is University Av/W 174 St, 890 feet away, for the Bx3 and Bx36.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- University Av/W 174 St Bx3, Bx36890 feetBx3 Bx36
Next buses at this stop
- Bx3 …
- Bx36 …
Cycling
- 43 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Featherbed Ln & Nelson Ave 22 docks in all390 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 1237 Jerome Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10452
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 14
- Police precinct
- 46
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Five of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 7,300 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 in 1950.
Since 2014 at least 213 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwelve public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 3 schools
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 community center
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 2 School690 feet
- P.S. 199x - the Shakespeare School740 feet
- Bronx-Manhattan SDA School800 feet
Show all 4
- Bronx Works Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,130 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Half-Nelson Playground540 feet
- Featherbed Triangle670 feet
- Plimpton Playground730 feet
Houses of worship
- Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship630 feet
Community centers and public services
- West Bronx Recreation Center750 feet
- Sedgwick Community Center1,100 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Universe Supermarket460 feet
- Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket0.3 miles
- Antillana Market Place Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and nine 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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Cross Bronx Expressway & Nelson Avenue 80 feet
- Cross Bronx Expressway & Shakespeare Avenue 300 feet
- Cross Bronx Expressway & Plimpton Avenue 310 feet
- Nelson Avenue & Featherbed Lane 370 feet
- Nelson Avenue & West 172nd Street 440 feet
- Shakespeare Avenue & Featherbed Lane 520 feet
- Plimpton Avenue & Featherbed Lane 620 feet
- Cross Bronx Expressway & Jesup Avenue 660 feet
See every intersection along Cross Bronx Expressway or Nelson Avenue.