University Avenue & Strong Street

University Avenue and Strong Street meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Discovery High School is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them schools, and one place to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Goulden Av/Reservoir Av · Bx22
Within a walk
15 places
9 schools, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
University Avenue & Strong Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Kingsbridge Rd 4
    0.3 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

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

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 Goulden Av/Reservoir Av, 610 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Goulden Av/Reservoir Av Bx22
    610 feet
    Bx22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Strong Street and University Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Strong St & University Ave 20 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2590 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2 Bedford Park Boulevard West Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
162 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1926 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 51 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Strong Street

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

South side of Strong Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of University Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, The School
    750 feet
  2. Discovery High School
    750 feet
  3. High School for Teaching and the Professions School
    750 feet
Show all 10
  1. International School for Liberal Arts School
    750 feet
  2. Kingsbridge International High School
    750 feet
  3. American Dream Charter School II School
    800 feet
  4. P.S. 086 Kingsbridge Heights School
    920 feet
  5. St. Jemuel Group Family Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  6. P.S. 315 Lab School
    1,140 feet
  7. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 7 School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington's Walk Park
    340 feet
  2. Strong Street Playground
    350 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jerome Park Library
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fordham Manor Church House of worship
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 Strong Street 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.