Sedgwick Avenue & West 238th Street

Sedgwick Avenue and West 238th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 492 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Fort Independence Playground is 40 feet away, and Kids-Centric, Inc. van Cortland is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, 238 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
238 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Sedgwick Av/Giles Pl · Bx1, Bx2, BxM3
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sedgwick Avenue & West 238th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 238 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 238 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sedgwick Av/Giles Pl, 100 feet away, for the Bx1, Bx2 and BxM3.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sedgwick Av/Giles Pl Bx1, Bx2, BxM3 · Shelter
    100 feet
    Bx1 Bx2 BxM3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …
  3. BxM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sedgwick Ave & Giles Pl 20 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5832 Broadway 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
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 492 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,195th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 137 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)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
132 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 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 1965.

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Sedgwick Avenue

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

North side of West 238th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of West 238th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academiesat 3605 Sedgwick Avenue Pre-K center
    130 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc. van Cortland School
    1,000 feet
  3. South Bronx Classical Charter School V School
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Child Development Center van Cortlandt Pre-K
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Independence Playground
    40 feet
  2. Bailey Playground
    1,280 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Independence Historic District Listed historic place
    170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Van Cortlandt Jewish Center House of worship
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Sedgwick Avenue or West 238th Street.

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.