Sedgwick Avenue & West Burnside Avenue at West 179th Street

Sedgwick Avenue, West Burnside Avenue and West 179th Street meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 38 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Engine 43/Ladder 59 firehouse is 220 feet away, and University Woods is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, West Burnside Av/Sedgwick Av, is 70 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
38 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
480 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
West Burnside Av/Sedgwick Av · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
12 places
3 schools, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sedgwick Avenue & West Burnside Avenue at West 179th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Burnside Av/Sedgwick Av, 70 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Burnside Av/Sedgwick Av Bx40, Bx42
    70 feet
    Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 179th Street and West Burnside Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sedgwick Ave & W Burnside Ave 17 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 480 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1764 University Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 38 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14 and 16 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three 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 1925 and 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 125 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Siberian elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 69 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Sedgwick Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Sedgwick Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 21 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 179th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of West 179th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 226 School
    300 feet
  2. Bronx Community College Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  3. M.S. 390 School
    1,310 feet
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  1. P.S. 396 School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cedar Playground
    60 feet
  2. Beanstalk Playground
    760 feet
  3. University Woods Park
    1,230 feet
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  1. Roberto Clemente State Park
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Methodist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at West Tremont Avenue-Sedgwick Avenue Area Community center
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 43/Ladder 59 Fire station
    220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Sedgwick Avenue, West 179th Street or West Burnside Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.