Sedgwick Avenue & West 183rd Street

Sedgwick Avenue and West 183rd Street meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (North)-Fordham, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. X015 Institute for Environmental Learning is 710 feet away, and Aqueduct Walk is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, 183 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them parks, and two places to eat.

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Sedgwick Avenue & West 183rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 183 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 183 St 4
    0.4 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Many Trails” (2008) by Jose Ortiz at the 183 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Fordham Rd/Sedgwick Av, 930 feet away, for the Bx12 SBS.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Fordham Rd/Sedgwick Av Bx12 SBS · Shelter
    930 feet
    Bx12 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx12 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 183rd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Loring Pl North & W 183 St 20 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2340 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
14
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (North)-Fordham
Elevation
138 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 1924 and 1939.

Since 2014 at least 208 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Sedgwick Avenue

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

North side of West 183rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 183rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 291 School
    710 feet
  2. P.S. X015 Institute for Environmental Learning School
    710 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. University Woods Park
    750 feet
  2. Devoe Park
    1,150 feet
  3. Aqueduct Walk Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hall of Fame Complex Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four food stores.

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, three of them within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.