Briggs Avenue & East 199th Street

Briggs Avenue and East 199th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 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 190 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Park Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Park Blvd
980 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Valentine Av/E 199 St · Bx34
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Briggs Avenue & East 199th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Park Blvd, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Park Blvd B, D
    980 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
    0.3 miles
    4
  2. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Valentine Av/E 199 St, 330 feet away, for the Bx34.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Valentine Av/E 199 St Bx34
    330 feet
    Bx34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Concourse & E 199 St 21 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Southern Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2947 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 254 East 203rd Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
11 and 15 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford Park
Elevation
136 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 1955.

Since 2014 at least 285 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Briggs Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Briggs Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 199th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 199th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne, and built between 1910 and 1912.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of Mount St Ursula School
    530 feet
  2. Lil Inventors Grand Concourse Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bainbridge Garden
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Samuel Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. Bedford Park Presbyterian Church House of worship
    490 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Fine Fare 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 ten places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Briggs Avenue or East 199th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.