Bainbridge Avenue & East 196th Street

Bainbridge Avenue and East 196th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Our Lady of Refuge Church is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
800 feet · 3 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Bainbridge Av/E 196 St · Bx34
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bainbridge Avenue & East 196th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    800 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Kingsbridge Rd 4
    0.5 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bainbridge Av/E 196 St, 120 feet away, for the Bx34.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bainbridge Av/E 196 St Bx34
    120 feet
    Bx34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bainbridge Avenue.

  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bainbridge Ave & E 196 St 18 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Southern Boulevard, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2895 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 254 East 203rd Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
15
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford Park
Elevation
127 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 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 1921 and 1932.

Since 2014 at least 106 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the bur oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bainbridge Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bainbridge Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 196th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 196th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Refuge School
    310 feet
  2. P.S. 046 Edgar Allan Poe School
    350 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters Garden
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown 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 four places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bainbridge Avenue or East 196th Street.

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.