University Avenue & Aqueduct Walk Bike Path

University Avenue and Aqueduct Walk Bike Path meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Aqueduct Lands Playground is 310 feet away, and P.S. 291 is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Burnside Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. Along University Avenue run a bus lane, all day, and a bike lane separated from traffic.

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University Avenue & Aqueduct Walk Bike Path Nearby corners, linked

Subway

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

  1. Burnside 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. 183 St 4
    0.4 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “How to get to the moon...” (2008) by Laura Battle at the Burnside Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is University Av/Hall of Fame Terr, 110 feet away, for the Bx3.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. University Av/Hall of Fame Terr Bx3
    110 feet
    Bx3

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …

Live arrivals

University Avenue carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on University Avenue.

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Andrew Ave N & Hall of Fame Tce 19 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2340 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2019
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,200 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 1922 and 1959.

Since 2014 at least 42 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the hawthorn.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Community College
    300 feet
  2. P.S. 091 Bronx School
    690 feet
  3. Hope Academy of the Bronx School
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 291 School
    1,000 feet
  2. P.S. X015 Institute for Environmental Learning School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Aqueduct Walk Park
    90 feet
  2. Aqueduct Lands Playground
    310 feet
  3. Grand Playground
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Davidson Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Francis Martin Library
    370 feet

Houses of worship

  1. University Heights Presbyterian Church House of worship
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

Sources: NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.