Morris Avenue & East 196th Street

Morris Avenue and East 196th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St. James Park is 1,120 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 six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
590 feet · 2 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Jerome Av/E 196 St · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    590 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Kingsbridge Rd 4
    960 feet
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jerome Av/E 196 St, 340 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx28 …
  2. Bx38 …

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 & W 195 St 32 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.1 miles 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
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
14
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford Park
Elevation
151 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,200 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 1922 and 1941.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 196th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of East 196th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Morris Avenue

  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Morris Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

  1. Eighth Coastal Artillery Armory Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Kipp Bronx Charter School II School
    450 feet
  2. P.S. 340 School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. James Park
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Eighth Regiment Armory (Kingsbridge Armory) Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 196th Street or Morris Avenue.

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