Ogden Avenue & West 171st Street

Ogden Avenue and West 171st Street meet at a three-way junction in Highbridge, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Ogden Plimpton Playground is 160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ogden Av/University Av, is 460 feet away for the Bx13, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them playgrounds, and six places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Ogden Av/University Av · Bx13
Within a walk
14 places
5 playgrounds, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ogden Avenue & West 171st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ogden Av/University Av, 460 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ogden Av/University Av Bx13
    460 feet
    Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 170 St & University Ave 22 docks in all
    820 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
    0.4 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in 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
140 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 143 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Ogden Avenue

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

North side of West 171st Street

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

South side of West 171st Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Garden of Learning and Discovery Pre-K Center at 1434 Ogden Avenue Pre-K center
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 011 Highbridge School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ogden Plimpton Playground
    160 feet
  2. Mosaic Success Garden
    640 feet
  3. Bridge Playground
    720 feet
Show all 8
  1. Plimpton Playground
    960 feet
  2. Cpl Fischer Park
    970 feet
  3. Highbridge Park
    1,010 feet
  4. Corporal Fischer Park Playground
    1,040 feet
  5. Merriam Playground
    1,200 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 11 Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Highbridge Community Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ogden Avenue or West 171st Street.

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