Claflin Avenue & West 197th Street

Claflin Avenue and West 197th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 315 Lab School is 590 feet away, and Jerome Park Library is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them schools. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Sedgwick Av/W 197 St · Bx3, BxM3
Within a walk
16 places
8 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Claflin Avenue & West 197th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Kingsbridge Rd 4
    0.4 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Motif” (2007) by Mario M. Muller at the Kingsbridge Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sedgwick Av/W 197 St, 640 feet away, for the Bx3 and BxM3.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sedgwick Av/W 197 St Bx3, BxM3 · Shelter
    640 feet
    Bx3 BxM3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …
  2. BxM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Strong St & University Ave 20 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2590 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 2 Bedford Park Boulevard West Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 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 December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
14
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
169 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,000 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 1926 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 73 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Claflin Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Claflin Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of West 197th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 197th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. American Dream Charter School II School
    260 feet
  2. St. Jemuel Group Family Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  3. P.S. 315 Lab School
    590 feet
Show all 9
  1. Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, The School
    1,240 feet
  2. Discovery High School
    1,240 feet
  3. High School for Teaching and the Professions School
    1,240 feet
  4. International School for Liberal Arts School
    1,240 feet
  5. Kingsbridge International High School
    1,240 feet
  6. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 7 School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington's Walk Park
    460 feet
  2. Strong Street Playground
    630 feet
  3. Fort #4 Playground
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jerome Park Library
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

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 Claflin Avenue or West 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.