Washington Bridge & Undercliff Avenue at Cross Bronx Expressway

Washington Bridge, Undercliff Avenue and Cross Bronx Expressway meet at a five-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bridge Playground is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Undercliff Av/W 172 St, is 60 feet away for the Bx18A, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them playgrounds, and two places to eat. A bus lane runs along Washington Bridge, all day.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
a ramp starts at this corner
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Undercliff Av/W 172 St · Bx18A
Within a walk
13 places
4 playgrounds, 3 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Bridge & Undercliff Avenue at Cross Bronx Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Undercliff Av/W 172 St, 60 feet away, for the Bx18A.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Undercliff Av/W 172 St Bx18A
    60 feet
    Bx18A

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx18A …

Live arrivals

Washington Bridge carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A link between bike routes runs on Washington Bridge.

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Popham Ave & W 174 St 20 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

A ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound starts at this corner.

  1. 1314 Sedgwick Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    2 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
14
Police precinct
44 and 46 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 6,600 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 in 1950.

Since 2014 at least 149 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Garden of Learning and Discovery Pre-K Center at 1434 Ogden Avenue Pre-K center
    800 feet
  2. Sedgwick Trade or language school
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sedgwick Playground
    250 feet
  2. Bridge Playground
    310 feet
  3. Bridge Park
    410 feet
Show all 7
  1. Plimpton Playground
    750 feet
  2. Featherbed Triangle
    1,170 feet
  3. Highbridge Park
    1,290 feet
  4. Ogden Plimpton Playground
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Hope Center for HIV and Nursing Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Bridge Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sedgwick Community Center
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 24 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cross Bronx Expressway, Undercliff Avenue or Washington Bridge.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.