Bedford Park Boulevard & Villa Avenue

Bedford Park Boulevard and Villa Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Philip Neri Church is 380 feet away, and CUNY Lehman College is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Park Blvd, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Park Blvd
290 feet · 1 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Bedford PK Blvd/Grand Concourse · Bx25, Bx26
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 1 college and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Park Boulevard & Villa Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Park Blvd, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Park Blvd B, D
    290 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. Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College 4
    500 feet
    4
  2. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    0.5 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford PK Blvd/Grand Concourse, 150 feet away, for the Bx25 and Bx26.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford PK Blvd/Grand Concourse Bx25, Bx26
    150 feet
    Bx25 Bx26

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx25 …
  2. Bx26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & Bedford Park Blvd E 25 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Southern Boulevard, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2947 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    470 feet
  2. 2 Bedford Park Boulevard West Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
14
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford Park
Elevation
139 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 229 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2024 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Bedford Park Boulevard (south side).

North side of Bedford Park Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of Villa Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 205590 and 211979.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lil Inventors Grand Concourse Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. St Philip Neri School
    700 feet
  3. CUNY Lehman College
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harris Park
    1,130 feet
  2. Harris Playground
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lehman College Library Research library
    1,050 feet
  2. Concourse Yard Substation (IND) Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Philip Neri Church House of worship
    380 feet
  2. St Samuel Church House of worship
    840 feet
  3. Bedford Park Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 27/Engine 79/Ladder 37 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 13 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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Park Boulevard or Villa Avenue.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.