Grand Avenue & West 190th Street

Grand Avenue and West 190th Street meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (North)-Fordham, Bronx. The corner is also named Pastor Robert Lewis Foley, Sr. Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. University Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is 100 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 21 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fordham Rd
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
University Av/W 190 St · Bx3
Within a walk
21 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Avenue & West 190th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fordham Rd, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fordham Rd 4
    1,000 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. Fordham Rd B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Kingsbridge Rd 4
    0.4 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Patriasana, Wholesomeland” (2005) by Moses Ros at the Fordham Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is University Av/W 190 St, 550 feet away, for the Bx3.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. University Av/W 190 St Bx3
    550 feet
    Bx3

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Grand Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Aqueduct Ave & W 190 St 20 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2340 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

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 7
City Council district
14
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (North)-Fordham
Elevation
119 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Pastor Robert Lewis Foley, Sr. Way, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,300 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 1935.

Since 2014 at least 170 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Pastor Robert Lewis Foley, Sr. Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

East side of Grand Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 190th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 190th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, and built between 1864 and 1865.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 1 college
  • 1 garden
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lil Inventors Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet
  2. Lil Inventors Child Care Aqueduct Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  3. Monroe University College
    500 feet
Show all 5
  1. D'Jesus Day Care Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  2. 1199 S E I U / Employer Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Aqueduct Walk Park
    200 feet
  2. New Beginnings Community Garden
    290 feet
  3. Devoe Park
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Devoe Park Playground
    950 feet
  2. St. James Park
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. University Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. James' Episcopal Church and Parish House Listed historic place
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St James Episcopal Church Fordham House of worship
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jerome Ave Post Office
    730 feet
  2. St James Recreation Center
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    790 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grand Avenue or West 190th 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 Records, 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.