Popham Avenue & West 175th Street

Popham Avenue and West 175th Street meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Half-Nelson Playground is 870 feet away. The nearest bus stop, University Av/W 175 St, is 640 feet away for the Bx3 and Bx36, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
University Av/W 175 St · Bx3, Bx36
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Popham Avenue & West 175th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is University Av/W 175 St, 640 feet away, for the Bx3 and Bx36.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. University Av/W 175 St Bx3, Bx36
    640 feet
    Bx3 Bx36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …
  2. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Popham Ave & W 174 St 20 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

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
144 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 8,700 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 in 1950.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Popham Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 175th Street

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

South side of West 175th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    490 feet
  2. Bronx Works Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  3. Promesa Head Start Pre-K
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sedgwick Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  2. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 2 School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Half-Nelson Playground
    870 feet
  2. Featherbed Triangle
    1,050 feet
  3. Sedgwick Playground
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sedgwick Community Center
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and six 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Popham Avenue or West 175th 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.