Shakespeare Avenue & Featherbed Lane

Shakespeare Avenue and Featherbed Lane meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, Mt Eden Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them playgrounds, and eight places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mt Eden Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
University Av/W 174 St · Bx3, Bx36
Within a walk
13 places
3 playgrounds, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Shakespeare Avenue & Featherbed Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Mt Eden Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Mt Eden Av 4
    0.4 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 176 St 4
    0.5 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Procession of Folk #3” (2006) by Amir Bey at the Mt Eden Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is University Av/W 174 St, 670 feet away, for the Bx3 and Bx36.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. University Av/W 174 St Bx3, Bx36
    670 feet
    Bx3 Bx36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …
  2. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Featherbed Ln & Nelson Ave 22 docks in all
    150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1657 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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 June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
Elevation
98 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 499 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 109 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Featherbed Lane

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

South side of Featherbed Lane

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Shakespeare Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Shakespeare Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 2 School
    470 feet
  2. Bronx Works Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. Sedgwick Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 199x - the Shakespeare School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Half-Nelson Playground
    160 feet
  2. Featherbed Triangle
    440 feet
  3. Sedgwick Playground
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Plimpton Playground
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship
    380 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Bronx Recreation Center
    730 feet
  2. Sedgwick Community Center
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    250 feet
  2. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and ten 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Featherbed Lane or Shakespeare 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.