West Burnside Avenue & Osborne Place

West Burnside Avenue and Osborne Place meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Cedar Playground is 250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, West Burnside Av/Sedgwick Av, is 140 feet away for the Bx40 and Bx42, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Major Deegan Expressway
670 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
West Burnside Av/Sedgwick Av · Bx40, Bx42
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Burnside Avenue & Osborne Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Burnside Av/Sedgwick Av, 140 feet away, for the Bx40 and Bx42.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Burnside Av/Sedgwick Av Bx40, Bx42
    140 feet
    Bx40 Bx42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx40 …
  2. Bx42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West Burnside Avenue.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sedgwick Ave & W Burnside Ave 17 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Cedar Avenue & West 179th Street, 670 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

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
67 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1923 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and July 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Osborne Place

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

West side of Osborne Place

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

North side of West Burnside Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 226 School
    430 feet
  2. M.S. 390 School
    1,110 feet
  3. P.S. 396 School
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bronx Community College Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  2. Charter High School for Law and Social Justice School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cedar Playground
    250 feet
  2. Beanstalk Playground
    570 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Methodist Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at West Tremont Avenue-Sedgwick Avenue Area Community center
    1,110 feet
  2. Older adult center at 200 West Tremont Avenue Older adult center
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 43/Ladder 59 Fire station
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and eight 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 nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Osborne Place or West Burnside Avenue.

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