Briggs Avenue & East 194th Street

Briggs Avenue and East 194th Street meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (North)-Fordham, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Poe Park is 410 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 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
670 feet · 3 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Valentine Av/E 194 St · Bx34
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Briggs Avenue & East 194th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 670 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
    670 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
    0.3 miles
    4
  2. Fordham Rd B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Valentine Av/E 194 St, 260 feet away, for the Bx34.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Valentine Av/E 194 St Bx34
    260 feet
    Bx34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bainbridge Ave & E 193 St 27 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Southern Boulevard, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4709 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 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)
University Heights (North)-Fordham
Elevation
111 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,400 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 1920 and 1938.

Since 2014 at least 253 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Briggs Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Briggs Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 194th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 194th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1812.

  1. Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Refuge School
    790 feet
  2. P.S. 246 Poe Center School
    980 feet
  3. Ultissima Beauty Institute Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 046 Edgar Allan Poe School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters Garden
    350 feet
  2. Poe Park
    410 feet
  3. Poe Park Playground
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bryan Park
    1,160 feet
  2. Rose Hill Park
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bryan Park Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Poe Cottage Listed historic place
    630 feet
  2. Bronx Library Center Library
    920 feet

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Briggs Avenue or East 194th Street.

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