West 174th Street & Montgomery Avenue

West 174th Street and Montgomery Avenue meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx, at the edge of NYCHA's Sedgwick development. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Sedgwick Community Center is 650 feet away. The nearest bus stop, University Av/W 174 St, is 280 feet away for the Bx3 and Bx36, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
University Av/W 174 St · Bx3, Bx36
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 174th Street & Montgomery Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is University Av/W 174 St, 280 feet away, for the Bx3 and Bx36.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. University Av/W 174 St Bx3, Bx36
    280 feet
    Bx3 Bx36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …
  2. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Popham Ave & W 174 St 20 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at Depot Place & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1764 University Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10453
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
Elevation
144 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 8,600 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.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Sedgwick development.

Since 2014 at least 145 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Montgomery Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Montgomery Avenue

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

North side of West 174th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bronx Works Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 2 School
    500 feet
  3. Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    680 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sedgwick Trade or language school
    730 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Featherbed Triangle
    350 feet
  2. Half-Nelson Playground
    740 feet
  3. Sedgwick Playground
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church House of worship
    350 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sedgwick Community Center
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. Antillana Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Extra Jumbo Market Place Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Montgomery Avenue or West 174th 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.