University Avenue & Eames Place

University Avenue and Eames Place meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Fordham Manor Church is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
West Kingsbridge Rd/University Av · Bx3, Bx9, Bx32
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 4 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
University Avenue & Eames Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsbridge Rd 4
    0.3 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Motif” (2007) by Mario M. Muller at the Kingsbridge Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Kingsbridge Rd/University Av, 400 feet away, for the Bx3, Bx9 and Bx32.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Kingsbridge Rd/University Av Bx3, Bx9, Bx32
    400 feet
    Bx3 Bx9 Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …
  2. Bx9 …
  3. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Eames Pl & Claflin Ave 20 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2590 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
14
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
159 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 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 1924 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Eames Place

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

South side of Eames Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

West side of University Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1912 and 1917.

  1. Eighth Coastal Artillery Armory Designated landmark
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 7 School
    410 feet
  2. P.S. 086 Kingsbridge Heights School
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 340 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Aqueduct Walk Park
    690 feet
  2. Barnhill Square
    720 feet
  3. Washington's Walk Park
    1,180 feet
Show all 5
  1. Strong Street Playground
    1,190 feet
  2. Major General John R Brown Triangle
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. The Plaza Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    750 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jerome Park Library
    290 feet
  2. Eighth Regiment Armory (Kingsbridge Armory) Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fordham Manor Church House of worship
    200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Eames Place or University Avenue.

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