Sedgwick Avenue & Cedar Avenue

Sedgwick Avenue and Cedar Avenue meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 109 Sedgwick is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Sedgwick Av/Harlem River Bridge, is 90 feet away for the Bx18B, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them schools, and one place to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Sedgwick Av/Harlem River Bridge · Bx18B
Within a walk
11 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sedgwick Avenue & Cedar Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sedgwick Av/Harlem River Bridge, 90 feet away, for the Bx18B.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sedgwick Av/Harlem River Bridge Bx18B
    90 feet
    Bx18B

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18B …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sedgwick Ave & W Tremont Ave 19 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
16
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,800 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 1973.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cedar Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Cedar Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Sedgwick Avenue

  • No parking 28 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 229 Roland Patterson School
    590 feet
  2. The New American Academy at Roberto Clemente State Park School
    590 feet
  3. Luminous Early Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 109 Sedgwick School
    1,070 feet
  2. Promesa Head Start Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roberto Clemente State Park
    370 feet
  2. Cedar Playground
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthews AME Church House of worship
    140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at West Tremont Avenue-Sedgwick Avenue Area Community center
    770 feet
  2. Older adult center at 200 West Tremont Avenue Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • 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 Cedar Avenue or Sedgwick 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.