Creston Avenue & East Kingsbridge Road

Creston Avenue and East Kingsbridge Road meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (North)-Fordham, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 246 Poe Center is 330 feet away, and Barnhill Square is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
330 feet · 1 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Grand Concourse/East Kingsbridge Rd · Bx1, Bx2, BxM4
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 3 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Creston Avenue & East Kingsbridge Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    330 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
    670 feet
    4
  2. Fordham Rd B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/East Kingsbridge Rd, 350 feet away, for the Bx1, Bx2 and BxM4.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/East Kingsbridge Rd Bx1, Bx2, BxM4 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    350 feet
    Bx1 Bx2 BxM4
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …
  3. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & W 193 St 18 docks in all
    960 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2895 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    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 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Turn calming, April 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
14
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (North)-Fordham
Elevation
131 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 287 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Creston Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Creston Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East Kingsbridge Road

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East Kingsbridge Road

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 204338 and 207136.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1812.

  1. Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Designated landmark
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 246 Poe Center School
    330 feet
  2. Kipp Bronx Charter School II School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. James Park
    350 feet
  2. Poe Park
    480 feet
  3. Poe Park Playground
    880 feet
Show all 5
  1. St James Park Playground
    970 feet
  2. Barnhill Square
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Poe Cottage Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Eighth Regiment Armory (Kingsbridge Armory) Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    70 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Creston Avenue or East Kingsbridge Road.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.