University Avenue & West 169th Street

University Avenue and West 169th Street meet at a three-way junction in Highbridge, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Public School 91, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ogden Av/W 169 St, is 610 feet away for the Bx13, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, two of them parks, and four places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Ogden Av/W 169 St · Bx13
Within a walk
12 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
University Avenue & West 169th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ogden Av/W 169 St, 610 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ogden Av/W 169 St Bx13
    610 feet
    Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on University Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. University Ave & W 168 St 18 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Depot Place & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2021.

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

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco, Richardsonian Romanesque and Romanesque Revival, one each, and built between 1887 and 1931.

  1. Public School 91 Designated landmark
    440 feet
  2. Noonan Plaza Apartments Designated landmark
    760 feet
  3. High Bridge Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 011 Highbridge School
    530 feet
  2. The Highbridge Green School
    1,180 feet
  3. The New Friendly Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Merriam Playground
    40 feet
  2. Mosaic Success Garden
    540 feet
  3. Highbridge Park
    600 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cpl Fischer Park
    1,240 feet
  2. Corporal Fischer Park Playground
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Hope Center for HIV and Nursing Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 11 Listed historic place
    530 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Highbridge Community Church Landmark
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and ten 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along University Avenue or West 169th Street.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.