University Avenue & Brandt Place

University Avenue and Brandt Place meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church is 940 feet away, and Aqueduct Walk is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, 176 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them schools, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
176 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
University Av/W 176 St · Bx3, Bx36
Within a walk
15 places
5 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
University Avenue & Brandt Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 176 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 176 St 4
    0.4 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Reaching Out For Each Other” (2006) by Juan Sánchez at the 176 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is University Av/W 176 St, 210 feet away, for the Bx3 and Bx36.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. University Av/W 176 St Bx3, Bx36
    210 feet
    Bx3 Bx36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …
  2. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. University Ave & Brandt Pl 23 docks in all
    20 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at East 174th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2025

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
Elevation
132 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,200 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 1923 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 383 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 109 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Brandt Place

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

South side of Brandt Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of University Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 204188.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  2. Academy for Language and Technology School
    1,010 feet
  3. I.S. 232 School
    1,010 feet
Show all 7
  1. I.S. X303 Leadership & Community Service School
    1,010 feet
  2. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 2 School
    1,060 feet
  3. Bronx Works Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  4. P.S. 204 Morris Heights School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Half-Nelson Playground
    620 feet
  2. Featherbed Triangle
    910 feet
  3. Galileo Playground
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Aqueduct Walk Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sedgwick Library
    580 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    700 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Brandt Place or University Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.