Jerome Avenue & Van Cortlandt Avenue East

Jerome Avenue and Van Cortlandt Avenue East meet at a three-way junction in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. High Pumping Station stands 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Mosholu Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them listed historic places, and seven places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mosholu Pkwy
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Jerome Av/E 205 St · Bx10
Within a walk
8 places
2 listed historic places, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jerome Avenue & Van Cortlandt Avenue East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Mosholu Pkwy, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mosholu Pkwy 4
    1,170 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford Park Blvd B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College 4
    0.3 miles
    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/E 205 St, 260 feet away, for the Bx10.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jerome Av/E 205 St Bx10
    260 feet
    Bx10

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Jerome Avenue and Van Cortlandt Avenue East.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Paul Ave & W 205 St 19 docks in all
    810 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3276 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    780 feet
  2. 2 Bedford Park Boulevard West Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

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

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
11
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford Park

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.

Since 2014 at least 267 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Kwanzan' flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Jerome Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Van Cortlandt Avenue East

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Van Cortlandt Avenue East

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1901 and 1906.

  1. High Pumping Station Designated landmark
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. QSAC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    130 feet
  2. Qsac Inc Day School Bronx School
    330 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Risse Street Park
    860 feet
  2. Harris Park
    880 feet
  3. Risse Street Community Garden
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Concourse Yard Entry Buildings (IND) Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Concourse Yard Substation (IND) Listed historic place
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jerome Avenue or Van Cortlandt Avenue East.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.