Sedgwick Avenue

This article is about the street in the Bronx. For the street in Cambridge, England, see Sidgwick Avenue. For other uses of "Sedgwick", see Sedgwick (disambiguation).
Sedgwick Avenue
Hip Hop Boulevard
FDNY Engine 43, Ladder 59 station in Morris Heights
FDNY Engine 43, Ladder 59 station in Morris Heights
Map
OwnerCity of New York
Maintained byNYCDOT
Length4.8 mi (7.7 km)[1]
LocationBronx, New York City
Nearest metro stationIRT Jerome Avenue Line
South endJerome Avenue in Highbridge
Major
junctions		 I-87 in Highbridge
North end Mosholu Parkway in Bedford Park
1520 Sedgwick Avenue where DJ Kool Herc threw his first parties
Strategic Response Group 2 (SRG 2) stationhouse, NYPD, Sedgwick Avenue

Sedgwick Avenue is a major street in the Bronx, New York City. It runs roughly parallel to Jerome Avenue, the Major Deegan Expressway, and University Avenue. Sedgwick Avenue is one of the longest streets in the western part of the Bronx, running from Mosholu Parkway at the north to Macombs Dam Bridge at its southern end, about 800 feet (250 m) west of Yankee Stadium.

A smaller Sedgwick Avenue continues into Yonkers, north of Van Cortlandt Park and east of the Saw Mill River Parkway.

  1. ^ "Sedgwick Avenue" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved July 3, 2018.