University Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway
University Avenue and Cross Bronx Expressway (Exit 1B) meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Plimpton Playground is 280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, University Av/G W Bridge Entrance Ramp, is 110 feet away for the Bx3 and Bx36, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them playgrounds, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is University Av/G W Bridge Entrance Ramp, 110 feet away, for the Bx3 and Bx36.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- University Av/G W Bridge Entrance Ramp Bx3, Bx36110 feetBx3 Bx36
Next buses at this stop
- Bx3 …
- Bx36 …
Cycling
- 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- Featherbed Ln & Nelson Ave 22 docks in all1,070 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Depot Place & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 1314 Sedgwick Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
- 139 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 6,800 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 in 1950.
Since 2014 at least 149 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 playgrounds
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 parks
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 community center
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- Sedgwick Trade or language school410 feet
- Garden of Learning and Discovery Pre-K Center at 1434 Ogden Avenue Pre-K center610 feet
- Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 2 School890 feet
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- Bronx Works Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,140 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sedgwick Playground210 feet
- Plimpton Playground280 feet
- Featherbed Triangle630 feet
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- Bridge Playground680 feet
- Bridge Park940 feet
- Half-Nelson Playground1,200 feet
- Ogden Plimpton Playground1,220 feet
Houses of worship
- Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship860 feet
Community centers and public services
- Sedgwick Community Center590 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Universe Supermarket940 feet
- Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket1,310 feet
- Bravo Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and nine food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:
- University Avenue & Washington Bridge 30 feet
- University Avenue & Washington Bridge Bike Path 40 feet
- University Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway 70 feet
- Cross Bronx Expressway & University Avenue 90 feet
- University Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway 190 feet
- Washington Bridge & University Avenue at Edward L Grant Highway 300 feet
- Washington Bridge & Undercliff Avenue at Cross Bronx Expressway 590 feet
- University Avenue & Ogden Avenue 610 feet
See every intersection along Cross Bronx Expressway or University Avenue.