Goulden Avenue & West 197th Street

Goulden Avenue and West 197th Street meet at a three-way junction in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, The is 550 feet away, and International School for Liberal Arts is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them schools. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Goulden Av/W 197 St · Bx22
Within a walk
11 places
7 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Goulden 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 seven 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 Goulden Av/W 197 St, 50 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Goulden Av/W 197 St Bx22 · Shelter
    50 feet
    Bx22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Goulden Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Goulden Ave & W 197 St 20 docks in all
    70 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. 2947 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 2 Bedford Park Boulevard West Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11
Police precinct
50 and 52 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford Park
Elevation
142 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 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 1926 and 1941.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 10pm on Goulden Avenue (east side).

West side of Goulden Avenue

  • Metered parking 10 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-10PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 18 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 197th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 197th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 207622 and 213730.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, The School
    550 feet
  2. Discovery High School
    550 feet
  3. High School for Teaching and the Professions School
    550 feet
Show all 8
  1. International School for Liberal Arts School
    550 feet
  2. Kingsbridge International High School
    550 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  4. P.S. 086 Kingsbridge Heights School
    780 feet
  5. American Dream Charter School II School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington's Walk Park
    210 feet
  2. Strong Street Playground
    210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fordham Manor Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 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 nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Goulden Avenue or West 197th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.