Washington Bridge & Cross Bronx Expressway

Washington Bridge and Cross Bronx Expressway (University Avenue) meet at a four-way crossing in Highbridge Park, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Washington Bridge stands 500 feet away. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1917 and 1930, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

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Washington Bridge & Cross Bronx Expressway

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 620 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4275 Broadway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10033
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Highbridge Park

The streets

  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 500 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 1917 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

  1. Washington Bridge Designated landmark
    500 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Sources: NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission and NYC Parks, retrieved September 19 – October 6, 2026.