Jerome Avenue & East 212th Street

Jerome Avenue and East 212th Street meet at a three-way junction in Norwood, Bronx, at the edge of Van Cortlandt Park. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 303 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Gun Hill Meadow in Van Cortlandt Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Woodlawn, is about four minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Woodlawn
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Bainbridge Av/E 212 St · Bx16, Bx34, BxM4
Within a walk
8 places
1 community center, 1 day care or pre-K site and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jerome Avenue & East 212th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Woodlawn, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Woodlawn 4
    1,020 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. Mosholu Pkwy 4
    0.4 miles
    4

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Children at Play” (2005) by Josie Gonzalez Albright at the Woodlawn station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bainbridge Av/E 212 St, 720 feet away, for the Bx16, Bx34 and BxM4.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bainbridge Av/E 212 St Bx16, Bx34, BxM4
    720 feet
    Bx16 Bx34 BxM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx16 …
  2. Bx34 …
  3. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jerome Ave & E Gun Hill Rd 19 docks in all
    840 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 3510 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    490 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 303 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,467th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 108 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
11
Police precinct
50 and 52 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Norwood; the corner is on the edge of the Van Cortlandt Park area
Elevation
178 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,800 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 1940.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 102 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and October 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 212th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 212th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Jerome Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 205094 and 210184.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Child Development Center of the Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. Bronx Dance Academy School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gun Hill Meadow in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    40 feet
  2. Van Cortlandt Park
    70 feet
  3. Sachkerah Woods Playground
    590 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sachkerah Dog Run in Van Cortlandt Park Dog run
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodlawn Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    690 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Mosholu Montefiore Community Center
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and ten 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 212th Street or Jerome Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.