| Hip Hop Boulevard | |
 FDNY Engine 43, Ladder 59 station inMorris Heights | |
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| Owner | City of New York |
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| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
| Length | 4.8 mi (7.7 km)[1] |
| Location | Bronx,New York City |
| Nearest metro station | IRT Jerome Avenue Line |
| South end | Jerome Avenue inHighbridge |
| Major junctions |  I-87 in Highbridge |
| North end |  Mosholu Parkway inBedford Park |
Sedgwick Avenue is a majorstreet inthe Bronx,New York City. It runs roughly parallel toJerome Avenue, theMajor Deegan Expressway, and University Avenue. Sedgwick Avenue is one of the longest streets in the western part of the Bronx, running fromMosholu Parkway at the north toMacombs Dam Bridge at its southern end, about 800 feet (250 m) west ofYankee Stadium.
A smaller Sedgwick Avenue continues intoYonkers, north ofVan Cortlandt Park and east of theSaw Mill River Parkway.
From the early 20th century until the 1970s, Sedgwick Avenue is one of the busiest thoroughfares in the Bronx, having streetcars, buses, and train stations. In around 1900, it was a popular road for weekend bicycle tours and military marches toVan Cortlandt Park.[2]
From 1918 to 1958, theSedgwick Avenue elevated station operated atWebster Avenue.[3]
New York City MayorBill de Blasio signed a bill on February 26, 2016, renaming 42 streets and places in New York City.[4] One of the renamed blocks was a block where 1520 Sedgwick Ave is located which was renamed “Hip Hop Boulevard" afterDJ Kool Herc who threw a "back to school jam " at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, and at that party, hip-hop began.[4] DJ Kool Herc had moved his parties toCedar Park, "attractingb-boys and cool kids from across the Bronx [in] 1974."[5]
The avenue starts as a northbound service road, running north–south, toMajor Deegan Expressway (Interstate 87) at around theMacombs Dam Bridge.Morris Heights, Bronx is adjacent to this section of the avenue. It splits northeast and becomes two-way at West 167th Street;Roberto Clemente State Park is at this intersection, and theUniversity Woods, overlooking theHarlem River, a small wood land crested between Sedgwick and Cedar Avenues, is also nearby. Along this stretch, thePutnam Line had a station at Sedgwick Avenue. The NYPD's Strategic Response Group 2 stationhouse is located on Sedgwick Avenue at 169th Street. Sedgwick Avenue remains a primary thoroughfare throughUniversity Heights andKingsbridge Heights; ZIP codes include 10463, 10467, and 10468. TheSedgwick Avenue station was a train station on the abandoned section of theIRT Ninth Avenue Line from 1918 until 1958.[3] TheNew York City Housing Authority has a number of large apartment complexes along the avenue. The avenue then turns east, and runs near the west and north sides of theJerome Park Reservoir.Mosholu Parkway intersects with Sedgwick Avenue at its northern end.
This mostly two-way thoroughfare passes two historic sites:
Streetcars used to serve Sedgwick until buses took over. The followingBronx buses run along the avenue:
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