University Avenue & Highbridge Park Path
University Avenue and Highbridge Park Path meet at a three-way junction in Highbridge, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Highbridge Park is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Undercliff Av/Boscobel Pl, is 750 feet away for the Bx18A, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them playgrounds, and five places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Undercliff Av/Boscobel Pl, 750 feet away, for the Bx18A.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Undercliff Av/Boscobel Pl Bx18A750 feetBx18A
Next buses at this stop
- Bx18A …
Cycling
A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Highbridge Park Path and University Avenue.
- 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- W 170 St & University Ave 22 docks in all230 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 chargers2.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2017.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10452
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 4
- City Council district
- 16
- Police precinct
- 44
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Highbridge
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.
Since 2014 at least 75 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated High Bridge (810 feet).
- High Bridge Designated landmark810 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwelve public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 playgrounds
- 3 parks
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 garden
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Garden of Learning and Discovery Pre-K Center at 1434 Ogden Avenue Pre-K center1,210 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Highbridge Park70 feet
- Bridge Playground720 feet
- Mosaic Success Garden880 feet
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- Ogden Plimpton Playground930 feet
- Merriam Playground940 feet
- Bridge Park1,110 feet
- Plimpton Playground1,160 feet
- Cpl Fischer Park1,210 feet
- Corporal Fischer Park Playground1,280 feet
Health care
- Hope Center for HIV and Nursing Care Nursing home or hospice150 feet
Supermarkets
- Bravo Supermarket700 feet
- Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket0.3 miles
- Food Universe Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and eight food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- University Avenue & West 170th Street 200 feet
- High Bridge & Highbridge Park Path 340 feet
- University Avenue & Highbridge Park Stairway 360 feet
- University Avenue & West 171st Street 370 feet
- Highbridge Park Path & Highbridge Park Stairway 390 feet
- West 170th Street & Merriam Avenue 440 feet
- University Avenue & Merriam Avenue 470 feet
- Sedgwick Avenue & High Bridge 580 feet
See every intersection along Highbridge Park Path or University Avenue.