University Avenue & West Fordham Road

University Avenue and West Fordham Road meet at a five-way junction in University Heights (North)-Fordham, Bronx. The corner is also named Michael Reidy Pathway by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 111 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Devoe Park is 80 feet away, and Brilla Pax Charter School is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Fordham Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
72 hurt
111 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fordham Rd
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
University Av/West Fordham Rd · Bx3
Within a walk
15 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
University Avenue & West Fordham Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fordham Rd, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fordham Rd 4
    1,040 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Fordham Rd B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D
  2. 183 St 4
    0.5 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Patriasana, Wholesomeland” (2005) by Moses Ros at the Fordham Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is University Av/West Fordham Rd, 40 feet away, for the Bx3.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. University Av/West Fordham Rd Bx3 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    40 feet
    Bx3
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Ave & W Fordham Rd 22 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 0.5 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 111 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 72 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 25 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 1987

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
14
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (North)-Fordham
Elevation
126 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Michael Reidy Pathway, a co-naming enacted on June 3, 2003 (Local Law 34 of 2003).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,900 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 1920 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 42 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 123 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redbud.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Michael Reidy Pathway.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 68 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2022 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9am to 7pm on West Fordham Road (south side).

East side of University Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of University Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West Fordham Road

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-NOON 2PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 203943 and 207587.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Dominic's Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    560 feet
  2. Tolentine Zeiser Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    560 feet
  3. St Dominic's Home - Torch School
    640 feet
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  1. Tolentine Zeiser Early Learn Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. Brilla Caritas Charter School
    740 feet
  3. Brilla Pax Charter School
    740 feet
  4. Lil Inventors Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Devoe Park
    80 feet
  2. Aqueduct Walk Park
    240 feet
  3. Devoe Park Playground
    370 feet
Show all 4
  1. Davidson Avenue Community Garden
    1,030 feet

Health care

  1. University Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas of Tolentine RC Church House of worship
    250 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    770 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    510 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 21 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 Devoe Park Path, University Avenue or West Fordham Road.

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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.