Sedgwick Avenue & Saxon Avenue

Sedgwick Avenue and Saxon Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 11,705 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 095 Sheila Mencher is 730 feet away, and Van Cortlandt Jewish Center is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Mosholu Pkwy, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools, and one place to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mosholu Pkwy
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Sedgwick Av/Hillman Av · Bx1, Bx2, Bx10
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sedgwick Avenue & Saxon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Mosholu Pkwy, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Mosholu Pkwy 4
    0.5 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

Woodlawn
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Metromorphosis/Birth of a Station” (2008) by Corinne Grondahl at the Mosholu Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sedgwick Av/Hillman Av, 300 feet away, for the Bx1, Bx2 and Bx10.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sedgwick Av/Hillman Av Bx1, Bx2, Bx10
    300 feet
    Bx1 Bx2 Bx10

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …
  3. Bx10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sedgwick Ave & Hillman Ave 25 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3276 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 189 Van Cortlandt Avenue West Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 11,705 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 49th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 6,199 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford Park
Elevation
127 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,500 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 1928 and 1959.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Saxon Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Sedgwick Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ampark Neighborhood School
    730 feet
  2. P.S. 095 Sheila Mencher School
    730 feet
  3. Child Development Center van Cortlandt Pre-K
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Kids-Centric, Inc. van Cortland School
    1,030 feet
  2. South Bronx Classical Charter School V School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Independence Playground
    590 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Park
    890 feet
  3. Jerome Park
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Van Cortlandt Classic Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. James Baldwin Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. St Patricks Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Van Cortlandt Jewish Center House of worship
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Saxon Avenue or Sedgwick Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.