University Avenue & West 180th Street

University Avenue and West 180th Street meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Aqueduct Walk is 70 feet away, and P.S. 091 Bronx is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Burnside Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools, and nine places to eat. Along University Avenue run a bus lane, all day, and a bike lane separated from traffic.

Safety record
7 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Burnside Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
University Av/Hall of Fame Terr · Bx3
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
University Avenue & West 180th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Burnside Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Burnside Av 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. 183 St 4
    0.5 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “How to get to the moon...” (2008) by Laura Battle at the Burnside Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is University Av/Hall of Fame Terr, 330 feet away, for the Bx3.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. University Av/Hall of Fame Terr Bx3
    330 feet
    Bx3

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …

Live arrivals

University Avenue carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on University Avenue.

  • 60 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. University Ave & W Burnside Ave 24 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2340 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
Elevation
120 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1922 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of University Avenue

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-10PM

North side of West 180th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 180th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Community College
    740 feet
  2. Charter High School for Law and Social Justice School
    950 feet
  3. P.S. 091 Bronx School
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. M.S. 390 School
    1,280 feet
  2. P.S. 396 School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Aqueduct Walk Park
    70 feet
  2. Aqueduct Lands Playground
    750 feet
  3. Grand Playground
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Francis Martin Library
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. University Heights Presbyterian Church House of worship
    830 feet
  2. King of Glory Tabernacle House of worship
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 University Avenue or West 180th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.