Sedgwick Avenue & University Avenue

Sedgwick Avenue and University Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Highbridge, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Summit Playground is 610 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ogden Av/W 162 St, is 1,280 feet away for the Bx13, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them schools. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
11 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,280 feet
Ogden Av/W 162 St · Bx13
Within a walk
6 places
2 schools, 1 garden and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sedgwick Avenue & University Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ogden Av/W 162 St, 1,280 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ogden Av/W 162 St Bx13
    1,280 feet
    Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & Ogden Ave 21 docks in all
    1,190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Depot Place & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two 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 163 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Sedgwick Avenue

  • No parking 20 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8PM

East side of University Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of University Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 17 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Next Generation Charter School
    890 feet
  2. Nuasin Next Generation Charter School
    890 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sweetgum Community Garden
    480 feet
  2. Macombs Dam Park
    500 feet
  3. Summit Playground
    610 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two 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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Sedgwick Avenue or University 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.