Popham Avenue & Montgomery Avenue

Popham Avenue and Montgomery Avenue meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Messiah Home for Children stands 120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, West Tremont Av/Montgomery Av, is 300 feet away for the Bx18B, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
West Tremont Av/Montgomery Av · Bx18B
Within a walk
14 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Popham Avenue & Montgomery Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Tremont Av/Montgomery Av, 300 feet away, for the Bx18B.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Tremont Av/Montgomery Av Bx18B · Shelter
    300 feet
    Bx18B
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18B …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W Tremont Ave & Montgomery Ave 21 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1764 University Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
Elevation
143 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 between 1924 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 135 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Montgomery Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Popham Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Popham Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1905 and 1960.

  1. Messiah Home for Children Designated landmark
    120 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 109 Sedgwick School
    430 feet
  2. Shield Institute Bronx School
    630 feet
  3. P.S. 204 Morris Heights School
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Aqueduct Walk Park
    1,080 feet
  2. Eternal Life Community Garden
    1,240 feet
  3. Beanstalk Playground
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. Morton Playground
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthews AME Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 200 West Tremont Avenue Older adult center
    270 feet
  2. Community center at West Tremont Avenue-Sedgwick Avenue Area Community center
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Montgomery Avenue or Popham Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.