East Kingsbridge Road & Elm Place

East Kingsbridge Road and Elm Place meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (North)-Fordham, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Bryan Park is 60 feet away, and Fordham Plaza is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Fordham Rd, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 53 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fordham Rd
950 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
East Kingsbridge Rd/E Fordham Rd · Bx9
Within a walk
33 places
7 religious buildings, 7 trade or language schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Kingsbridge Road & Elm Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fordham Rd, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Kingsbridge Rd/E Fordham Rd, 70 feet away, for the Bx9.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Kingsbridge Rd/E Fordham Rd Bx9
    70 feet
    Bx9

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Tiebout Ave & E Fordham Rd 31 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4709 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
15
Police precinct
46 and 52 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (North)-Fordham
Elevation
98 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1915 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 114 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco. They were built between 1932 and 1938.

  1. Apple Bank Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 trade or language schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ultissima Beauty Institute Trade or language school
    320 feet
  2. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academies at 2512 Marion Avenue Pre-K center
    550 feet
  3. D'Jesus Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    630 feet
Show all 11
  1. Iba Trade or language school
    800 feet
  2. American Tour Management Institute Trade or language school
    810 feet
  3. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    810 feet
  4. Jonas Bronck Academy School
    1,010 feet
  5. New York Language Ctr Bronx Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  6. Belle Adore Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  7. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academies at 2490-2500 Webster Avenue Pre-K center
    1,210 feet
  8. Brittany Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bryan Park
    60 feet
  2. Rose Hill Park
    820 feet
  3. Poe Park
    850 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters Garden
    880 feet
  2. Poe Park Playground
    1,030 feet
  3. Webster Playground
    1,110 feet
  4. Muller Triangle
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bryan Park Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    210 feet
  2. Fordham Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bronx Library Center Library
    480 feet
  2. Dollar Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. Poe Cottage Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Mercy Church House of worship
    400 feet
  2. Bronx Baptist Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,010 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Bronx Center Career or business center
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,260 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    770 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and 38 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Kingsbridge Road or Elm Place.

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.