Popham Avenue & Palisade Place

Popham Avenue and Palisade Place meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 109 Sedgwick is 120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Sedgwick Av/West Tremont Av, is 550 feet away for the Bx18B, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Sedgwick Av/West Tremont Av · Bx18B
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Popham Avenue & Palisade Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sedgwick Av/West Tremont Av, 550 feet away, for the Bx18B.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18B …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
146 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 1926 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 132 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Palisade Place

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

West side of Palisade Place

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

East side of Popham Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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

West side of Popham Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 109 Sedgwick School
    120 feet
  2. Shield Institute Bronx School
    940 feet
  3. Promesa Head Start Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roberto Clemente State Park
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthews AME Church House of worship
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Palisade Place 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.