East 198th Street & Pond Place

East 198th Street and Pond Place meet at a three-way junction in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 046 Edgar Allan Poe is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and D. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1921 and 1956, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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East 198th Street & Pond Place Nearby corners, linked

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    0.4 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
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bainbridge Av/E 198 St, 350 feet away, for the Bx34.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bainbridge Av/E 198 St Bx34
    350 feet
    Bx34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bainbridge Ave & E 198 St 23 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Southern Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2895 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 254 East 203rd Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
113 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 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 1956.

Since 2014 at least 317 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 198th Street

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

East side of Pond Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Pond Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. USA Beauty School International Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  2. P.S. 046 Edgar Allan Poe School
    1,000 feet
  3. Concourse House Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Academy of Mount St Ursula School
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 17 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:

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.