Sedgwick Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway

Sedgwick Avenue and Major Deegan Expressway (south) meet at a three-way junction in Highbridge, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. American Female Guardian Society stands 790 feet away, and Sweetgum Community Garden is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, 161 St-Yankee Stadium, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 4, B and D. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them gardens. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4, B, D
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
Jerome Av/E 161 St · Bx6, Bx13
Within a walk
10 places
4 gardens, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sedgwick Avenue & Major Deegan Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 161 St-Yankee Stadium, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 161 St-Yankee Stadium 4, B, D
    0.4 miles
    4 B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. B …
  3. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Room of Tranquility” (2002) by Helene Brandt and “Wall-Slide” (2002) by Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the 161 St-Yankee Stadium station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jerome Av/E 161 St, 700 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx13.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jerome Av/E 161 St Bx6, Bx13
    700 feet
    Bx6 Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & Ogden Ave 21 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Depot Place & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1165 Ogden Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Highbridge

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 71 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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. American Female Guardian Society Designated landmark
    790 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Macombs Dam Park.

  1. Macombs Dam Park Fountain Fountain by Martin Schenck, 1908
    460 feet
  2. Highbridge World War I Memorial Statue, 1923
    800 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 gardens
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Macombs Dam Park
    50 feet
  2. Summit Playground
    70 feet
  3. Sweetgum Community Garden
    1,090 feet
Show all 7
  1. La Isla Youth Community Garden
    1,180 feet
  2. Woodycrest Community Garden
    1,210 feet
  3. Grandstand in Macombs Dam Park Park feature
    1,290 feet
  4. Taqwa Community Farm Garden
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Highbridge Woodycrest Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,270 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Major Deegan Expressway or Sedgwick Avenue.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.