Briggs Avenue & East 196th Street

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

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
540 feet · 2 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Valentine Av/E 196 St · Bx34
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    540 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
    0.4 miles
    4
  2. Bedford Park Blvd B, D
    0.5 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Valentine Av/E 196 St, 370 feet away, for the Bx34.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 196 St & Valentine Ave 25 docks in all
    290 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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2026

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
129 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 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 1922 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 181 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the pin oak and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Briggs Avenue

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Briggs Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign 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 196th Street

  • No parking 5 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 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Refuge School
    200 feet
  2. P.S. 046 Edgar Allan Poe School
    330 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters Garden
    1,210 feet
  2. Poe Park
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 24 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Briggs Avenue or East 196th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.