Plimpton Avenue & Edward L Grant Highway

Plimpton Avenue and Edward L Grant Highway meet at a four-way crossing in Highbridge, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx-Manhattan SDA School is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, 170 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them playgrounds, and 11 places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
50 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
170 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Plimpton Av/Edward L Grant HWY · Bx13
Within a walk
13 places
5 playgrounds, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Plimpton Avenue & Edward L Grant Highway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 170 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight 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/Edward L Grant HWY, 130 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Plimpton Av/Edward L Grant HWY Bx13
    130 feet
    Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nelson Ave & W 172 St 20 docks in all
    940 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Depot Place & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1237 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 50 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

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
107 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 130 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Edward L Grant Highway

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Edward L Grant Highway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Plimpton Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Plimpton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 211161.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Garden of Learning and Discovery Pre-K Center at 1434 Ogden Avenue Pre-K center
    400 feet
  2. Bronx-Manhattan SDA School
    530 feet
  3. P.S. 199x - the Shakespeare School
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sedgwick Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Plimpton Playground
    170 feet
  2. Ogden Plimpton Playground
    360 feet
  3. Bridge Playground
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Cpl Fischer Park
    830 feet
  2. Corporal Fischer Park Playground
    900 feet
  3. Sedgwick Playground
    1,070 feet
  4. Mosaic Success Garden
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    890 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Edward L Grant Highway or Plimpton Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.