University Avenue & Washington Bridge

University Avenue and Washington Bridge meet at a three-way junction 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. Featherbed Triangle is 600 feet away. The nearest bus stop, University Av/G W Bridge Entrance Ramp, is 90 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. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Washington Bridge.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
University Av/G W Bridge Entrance Ramp · Bx3, Bx36
Within a walk
14 places
5 playgrounds, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
University Avenue & Washington Bridge Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is University Av/G W Bridge Entrance Ramp, 90 feet away, for the Bx3 and Bx36.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. University Av/G W Bridge Entrance Ramp Bx3, Bx36
    90 feet
    Bx3 Bx36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …
  2. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Washington Bridge.

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Featherbed Ln & Nelson Ave 22 docks in all
    1,040 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.

  1. 1314 Sedgwick Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 6,700 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 in 1950.

Since 2014 at least 74 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen 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

  1. Sedgwick Trade or language school
    380 feet
  2. Garden of Learning and Discovery Pre-K Center at 1434 Ogden Avenue Pre-K center
    640 feet
  3. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 2 School
    860 feet
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  1. Bronx Works Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sedgwick Playground
    180 feet
  2. Plimpton Playground
    310 feet
  3. Featherbed Triangle
    600 feet
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  1. Bridge Playground
    710 feet
  2. Bridge Park
    910 feet
  3. Half-Nelson Playground
    1,170 feet
  4. Ogden Plimpton Playground
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sedgwick Community Center
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along University Avenue or Washington Bridge.

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