Jerome Avenue & East 208th Street

Jerome Avenue and East 208th Street meet at a three-way junction in Norwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Risse Street Park is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Mosholu Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, two of them hospitals, and 32 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1931, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
14 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mosholu Pkwy
370 feet · 1 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Jerome Av/East Mosholu Pkwy North · Bx10, BX95
Within a walk
14 places
2 hospitals, 2 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jerome Avenue & East 208th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Mosholu Pkwy, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Mosholu Pkwy 4
    370 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

Woodlawn
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Metromorphosis/Birth of a Station” (2008) by Corinne Grondahl at the Mosholu Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jerome Av/East Mosholu Pkwy North, 150 feet away, for the Bx10 and BX95.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jerome Av/East Mosholu Pkwy North Bx10, BX95
    150 feet
    Bx10 BX95

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. BX95 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & E Mosholu Pkwy N 20 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3276 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    1,220 feet
  2. 3500 Dekalb Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,300 feet
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
11
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Norwood
Elevation
150 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,200 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and June 2026, 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 208th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 208th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Jerome Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 207066, 211626, 211627 and 214547.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 hospitals
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Child Development Center of the Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  2. Canarsie Children First Academy School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Knox-Gates Playground
    780 feet
  2. Risse Street Park
    800 feet
  3. Risse Street Community Garden
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Gun Hill Meadow in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    970 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Park
    990 feet
  3. Kossuth Playground
    1,130 feet

Health care

  1. North Central Bronx Hospital
    720 feet
  2. Montefiore Medical Center - Henry & Lucy Moses DIV Hospital
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3450 Dekalb Avenue Older adult center
    1,000 feet
  2. Mosholu Montefiore Community Center
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    140 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    230 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    480 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    780 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 208th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.