Briggs Avenue & East 198th Street

Briggs Avenue and East 198th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The Battalion 27/Engine 79/Ladder 37 firehouse is 880 feet away, and Bedford Park Presbyterian Church is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Valentine Av/E 198 St · Bx34
Within a walk
11 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Briggs Avenue & East 198th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Valentine Av/E 198 St, 390 feet away, for the Bx34.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Valentine Ave & E 198 St 21 docks in all
    300 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 254 East 203rd Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
121 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 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 1954.

Since 2014 at least 339 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 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
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Briggs Avenue

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

West side of Briggs Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of East 198th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 198th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 046 Edgar Allan Poe School
    820 feet
  2. Our Lady of Refuge School
    1,120 feet
  3. Academy of Mount St Ursula School
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Samuel Church House of worship
    900 feet
  2. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  3. Bedford Park Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 19 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 198th 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.