Jerome Avenue & East 193rd Street

Jerome Avenue and East 193rd Street meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (North)-Fordham, Bronx. The corner is also named Cinco de Mayo Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St James Recreation Center is 840 feet away, and St James Episcopal Church Fordham is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about a minute on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
360 feet · 1 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Jerome Av/East Kingsbridge Rd · Bx32
Within a walk
22 places
8 religious buildings, 4 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jerome Avenue & East 193rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsbridge Rd 4
    360 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    1,270 feet
    B D
  2. Fordham Rd 4
    0.3 miles
    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 Jerome Av/East Kingsbridge Rd, 300 feet away, for the Bx32.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jerome Av/East Kingsbridge Rd Bx32
    300 feet
    Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & W 193 St 18 docks in all
    50 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. 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
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 17 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 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
125 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Cinco de Mayo Way, a co-naming enacted on March 18, 2017 (Local Law 45 of 2017).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,300 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 1920 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 153 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Cinco de Mayo Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Jerome Avenue (west side).

North side of East 193rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of East 193rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Jerome Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 207095 and 214966.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1912 and 1917.

  1. Eighth Coastal Artillery Armory Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kipp Bronx Charter School II School
    910 feet
  2. P.S. 246 Poe Center School
    970 feet
  3. P.S. 340 School
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Monroe University College
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. James Park
    60 feet
  2. St James Park Playground
    160 feet
  3. Barnhill Square
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. Poe Park
    1,070 feet
  2. Aqueduct Walk Park
    1,080 feet
  3. Poe Park Playground
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. James' Episcopal Church and Parish House Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  2. Poe Cottage Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St James Episcopal Church Fordham House of worship
    1,110 feet
  2. Fordham Manor Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 193rd Street or Jerome Avenue.

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 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.