Sedgwick Avenue & Fort Independence Street at Giles Place

Sedgwick Avenue, Fort Independence Street and Giles Place meet at a four-way crossing in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Kingsbridge Heights Community Center is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, 231 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
231 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Fort Independence St/Giles Pl · Bx3
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sedgwick Avenue & Fort Independence Street at Giles Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 231 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 231 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Magic Realism in Kingsbridge” (2008) by Felipe Galindo at the 231 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Independence St/Giles Pl, 120 feet away, for the Bx3.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Independence St/Giles Pl Bx3
    120 feet
    Bx3

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Giles Pl & Fort Independence St 19 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3031 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5604 Broadway Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer 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 September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11 and 14 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
119 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Giles Place

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Giles Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Sedgwick Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1901 and 1902.

  1. 40th Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Early Childhood Asso Kingsbrdge School
    860 feet
  2. Little Stars Childcare Program VI Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Independence Playground
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. The Citadel Rehab and Nursing Center at Kingsbridge Nursing home or hospice
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Broadway Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Fort Independence Street, Giles Place 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.