Ogden Avenue & West 170th Street

Ogden Avenue and West 170th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Highbridge, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Mosaic Success Garden is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them playgrounds, and 11 places to eat. About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Plimpton Av/W 170 St · Bx13
Within a walk
17 places
5 playgrounds, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ogden Avenue & West 170th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 170 St 4
    0.4 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Views from Above” (2006) by Dina Bursztyn at the 170 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Plimpton Av/W 170 St, 380 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Plimpton Av/W 170 St Bx13
    380 feet
    Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 170th Street.

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 170 St & University Ave 22 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Depot Place & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1165 Ogden Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Highbridge
Elevation
137 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ogden Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Ogden Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of West 170th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of West 170th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Richardsonian Romanesque and Romanesque Revival, one each, and built between 1887 and 1889.

  1. Public School 91 Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 011 Highbridge School
    810 feet
  2. Garden of Learning and Discovery Pre-K Center at 1434 Ogden Avenue Pre-K center
    920 feet
  3. The New Friendly Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mosaic Success Garden
    240 feet
  2. Ogden Plimpton Playground
    290 feet
  3. Cpl Fischer Park
    560 feet
Show all 9
  1. Highbridge Park
    610 feet
  2. Corporal Fischer Park Playground
    640 feet
  3. Merriam Playground
    800 feet
  4. Plimpton Playground
    1,110 feet
  5. Bridge Playground
    1,130 feet
  6. Roberto Clemente Community Garden
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Hope Center for HIV and Nursing Care Nursing home or hospice
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 11 Listed historic place
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Highbridge Community Church Landmark
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    60 feet
  2. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    860 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ogden Avenue or West 170th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.