Jerome Avenue & East 196th Street

Jerome Avenue and East 196th Street meet at a three-way junction in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Eighth Coastal Artillery Armory stands 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
620 feet · 2 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Jerome Av/E 196 St · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jerome Avenue & East 196th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsbridge Rd 4
    620 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
    930 feet
    B D

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/E 196 St, 30 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jerome Av/E 196 St Bx28, Bx38
    30 feet
    Bx28 Bx38

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx28 …
  2. Bx38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & W 195 St 32 docks in all
    260 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. 2895 Jerome 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
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
11 and 14 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford Park
Elevation
137 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,300 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 1923 and 1942.

Since 2014 at least 320 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 196th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of East 196th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Jerome Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

  1. Eighth Coastal Artillery Armory Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Kipp Bronx Charter School II School
    330 feet
  2. P.S. 340 School
    740 feet
  3. P.S. 086 Kingsbridge Heights School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. James Park
    1,120 feet
  2. St James Park Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Eighth Regiment Armory (Kingsbridge Armory) Listed historic place
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 196th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.