Briggs Avenue & East 197th Street

Briggs Avenue and East 197th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Our Lady of Refuge School is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and D. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1937, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Valentine Av/E 198 St · Bx34
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Briggs Avenue & East 197th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    1,150 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 B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Valentine Av/E 198 St, 480 feet away, for the Bx34.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Valentine Av/E 198 St Bx34
    480 feet
    Bx34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bainbridge Ave & E 198 St 23 docks in all
    540 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. 2895 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 254 East 203rd Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
124 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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 1922 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 282 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2021 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Briggs Avenue

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

West side of Briggs Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 197th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 197th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 046 Edgar Allan Poe School
    510 feet
  2. Our Lady of Refuge School
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    830 feet
  2. St Samuel Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 27/Engine 79/Ladder 37 Fire station
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare 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 eight places to eat and 17 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Briggs Avenue or East 197th Street.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.