Sedgwick Avenue & West Tremont Avenue

Sedgwick Avenue and West Tremont Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Engine 43/Ladder 59 firehouse is 680 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Sedgwick Av/West Tremont Av, is 30 feet away for the Bx18A, Bx40 and Bx42, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
1,270 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Sedgwick Av/West Tremont Av · Bx18A, Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
14 places
5 schools, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sedgwick Avenue & West Tremont Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sedgwick Av/West Tremont Av, 30 feet away, for the Bx18A, Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sedgwick Av/West Tremont Av Bx18A, Bx40, Bx42
    30 feet
    Bx18A Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18A …
  2. Bx40 …
  3. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Sedgwick Avenue.

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sedgwick Ave & W Tremont Ave 19 docks in all
    20 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 1,270 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2023

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
72 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Sedgwick Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West Tremont Avenue

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

South side of West Tremont Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1905 and 1960.

  1. Messiah Home for Children Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 109 Sedgwick School
    730 feet
  2. I.S. 229 Roland Patterson School
    980 feet
  3. The New American Academy at Roberto Clemente State Park School
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Shield Institute Bronx School
    1,000 feet
  2. P.S. 226 School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cedar Playground
    700 feet
  2. Roberto Clemente State Park
    710 feet
  3. Beanstalk Playground
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthews AME Church House of worship
    650 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at West Tremont Avenue-Sedgwick Avenue Area Community center
    220 feet
  2. Older adult center at 200 West Tremont Avenue Older adult center
    530 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 43/Ladder 59 Fire station
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Sedgwick Avenue or West Tremont 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.