West 169th Street & Merriam Avenue

West 169th Street and Merriam Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Highbridge, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Merriam Playground is 30 feet away, and Roberto Clemente Community Garden is 1,200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ogden Av/W 169 St, is 350 feet away for the Bx13, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Ogden Av/W 169 St · Bx13
Within a walk
16 places
4 schools, 3 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 169th Street & Merriam Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ogden Av/W 169 St, 350 feet away, for the Bx13.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ogden Av/W 169 St Bx13
    350 feet
    Bx13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ogden Ave & Merriam Ave 19 docks in all
    420 feet

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. 1165 Ogden Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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)
Highbridge
Elevation
139 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 94 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Merriam Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of West 169th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 169th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco, Richardsonian Romanesque and Romanesque Revival, one each, and built between 1887 and 1931.

  1. Public School 91 Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. Noonan Plaza Apartments Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 011 Highbridge School
    270 feet
  2. The New Friendly Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  3. Brilla Pax Charter School
    1,220 feet
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  1. Sacred Heart School
    1,220 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Sacred Heart Scho School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Merriam Playground
    30 feet
  2. Mosaic Success Garden
    280 feet
  3. Highbridge Park
    870 feet
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  1. Cpl Fischer Park
    970 feet
  2. Corporal Fischer Park Playground
    980 feet
  3. Ogden Plimpton Playground
    1,130 feet
  4. Roberto Clemente Community Garden
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. Hope Center for HIV and Nursing Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 11 Listed historic place
    270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Highbridge Community Church Landmark
    390 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Merriam Avenue or West 169th Street.

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