Jerome Avenue & East 199th Street

Jerome Avenue and East 199th Street meet at a three-way junction in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Samuel Church is 880 feet away, and the Battalion 27/Engine 79/Ladder 37 firehouse is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College
570 feet · 2 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Bedford Park Blvd/Jerome Av · Bx10, Bx25, Bx26, Bx28 +1
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 1 college and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jerome Avenue & East 199th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College 4
    570 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford Park Blvd B, D
    850 feet
    B D
  2. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Community Garden” (2006) by Andrea Dezsö at the Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Park Blvd/Jerome Av, 440 feet away, for the Bx10, Bx25, Bx26, Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Park Blvd/Jerome Av Bx10, Bx25, Bx26, Bx28 +1 · Countdown sign
    440 feet
    Bx10 Bx25 Bx26 Bx28 Bx38
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx25 …
  3. Bx26 …
  4. Bx28 …
  5. Bx38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & Bedford Park Blvd E 25 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Southern Boulevard, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2947 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    410 feet
  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
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2024

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
136 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 321 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 199th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of East 199th Street

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

East side of Jerome Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lil Inventors Grand Concourse Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  2. CUNY Lehman College
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harris Park
    1,200 feet
  2. Harris Playground
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lehman College Library Research library
    1,120 feet
  2. Concourse Yard Substation (IND) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Philip Neri Church House of worship
    850 feet
  2. St Samuel Church House of worship
    880 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 27/Engine 79/Ladder 37 Fire station
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 199th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.