University Avenue & West 183rd Street

University Avenue and West 183rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (North)-Fordham, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 2,231 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. University Heights Presbyterian Church is 880 feet away, and Bronx Community College is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 183 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them schools, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
35 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
183 St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
University Av/W 183 St · Bx3
Within a walk
20 places
7 schools, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
University Avenue & West 183rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 183 St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 183 St 4
    1,130 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Fordham Rd 4
    0.5 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Many Trails” (2008) by Jose Ortiz at the 183 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is University Av/W 183 St, 50 feet away, for the Bx3.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. University Av/W 183 St Bx3
    50 feet
    Bx3

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 183rd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Loring Pl North & W 183 St 20 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,231 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 387th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,624 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Northbound on University Avenue1,124524
Southbound on University Avenue1,1071,100
Total2,2311,624

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46 and 52 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (North)-Fordham
Elevation
147 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1923 and 1939.

Since 2014 at least 96 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of University Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of University Avenue

  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 183rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 183rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 college
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 206 Ann Mersereau School
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 291 School
    830 feet
  3. Bronx Community College
    1,140 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. X015 Institute for Environmental Learning School
    830 feet
  2. Hope Academy of the Bronx School
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 091 Bronx School
    1,080 feet
  4. Brilla Caritas Charter School
    1,230 feet
  5. Brilla Pax Charter School
    1,230 feet
  6. Saint Dominic's Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet
  7. Tolentine Zeiser Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Aqueduct Walk Park
    200 feet
  2. Aqueduct Lands Playground
    890 feet
  3. Jardin de las Rosas Garden
    1,120 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 19 Ambulance station
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Francis Martin Library
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. University Heights Presbyterian Church House of worship
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along University Avenue or West 183rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.