Washington Bridge & University Avenue at Edward L Grant Highway

Washington Bridge, University Avenue and Edward L Grant Highway meet at a three-way junction in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bridge Playground is 390 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Edward L Grant Hwy/University Av, is 110 feet away for the Bx11, Bx13 and Bx35, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them playgrounds, and six places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Washington Bridge.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Edward L Grant Hwy/University Av · Bx11, Bx13, Bx35
Within a walk
16 places
4 playgrounds, 3 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Bridge & University Avenue at Edward L Grant Highway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Edward L Grant Hwy/University Av, 110 feet away, for the Bx11, Bx13 and Bx35.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Edward L Grant Hwy/University Av Bx11, Bx13, Bx35 · Shelter
    110 feet
    Bx11 Bx13 Bx35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …
  2. Bx13 …
  3. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Washington Bridge.

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Featherbed Ln & Nelson Ave 22 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Depot Place & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1314 Sedgwick Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10452
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
16
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mount Eden-Claremont (West)
Elevation
139 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two 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.

Since 2014 at least 148 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Edward L Grant Highway

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Edward L Grant Highway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of University Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of University Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 11 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 211161.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Garden of Learning and Discovery Pre-K Center at 1434 Ogden Avenue Pre-K center
    310 feet
  2. Sedgwick Trade or language school
    710 feet
  3. Bronx-Manhattan SDA School
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 2 School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Plimpton Playground
    100 feet
  2. Bridge Playground
    390 feet
  3. Sedgwick Playground
    510 feet
Show all 7
  1. Featherbed Triangle
    920 feet
  2. Ogden Plimpton Playground
    930 feet
  3. Bridge Park
    1,190 feet
  4. Highbridge Park
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Hope Center for HIV and Nursing Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sedgwick Community Center
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Edward L Grant Highway, University Avenue or Washington Bridge.

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