East 196th Street & St Paul Avenue

East 196th Street and St Paul Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Pelham Bay Park is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Bay Park, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat.

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East 196th Street & St Paul Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Bay Park, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Pelham Bay Park 6
    1,190 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pelham Pkwy/St Paul Av, 590 feet away, for the Bx12.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pelham Pkwy/St Paul Av Bx12
    590 feet
    Bx12

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway eastbound at Bruckner Boulevard & Charles J Crimi Road at Pelham Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3065 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1515 Williamsbridge Road Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.6 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10461
Community board
Bronx Community Board 10
City Council district
13
Police precinct
45
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2024 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Paul Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of St Paul Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 214020 and 214046.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Circle Preschool
    850 feet
  2. Bronx Starbright Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    960 feet
  3. The Inspired Community Project Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pelham Bay Park
    600 feet
  2. Colucci Playground
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and six 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.