Reservoir Avenue & West 195th Street

Reservoir Avenue and West 195th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford Park, Bronx. The corner is also named Basil Paterson Boulevard by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 086 Kingsbridge Heights is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, nine of them schools, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Reservoir Av/W 195 St · Bx22, Bx32
Within a walk
21 places
9 schools, 6 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Reservoir Avenue & West 195th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsbridge Rd 4
    1,100 feet
    4

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Motif” (2007) by Mario M. Muller at the Kingsbridge Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Reservoir Av/W 195 St, 60 feet away, for the Bx22 and Bx32.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Reservoir Av/W 195 St Bx22, Bx32
    60 feet
    Bx22 Bx32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …
  2. Bx32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Reservoir Avenue and West 195th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Strong St & University Ave 20 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2590 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2 Bedford Park Boulevard West Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
50 and 52 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford Park
Elevation
141 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Basil Paterson Boulevard (Local Law 15 of 2015, enacted on February 5, 2015) and Celia Cruz Salsa Legend (Local Law 54 of 2022, enacted on January 15, 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 147 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

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

East side of Reservoir Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Reservoir Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 195th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 195th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO US GOVERNMENT
  • Back-in parking only 7 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1912 and 1917.

  1. Eighth Coastal Artillery Armory Designated landmark
    260 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 086 Kingsbridge Heights School
    220 feet
  2. P.S. 340 School
    640 feet
  3. Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, The School
    760 feet
Show all 9
  1. Discovery High School
    760 feet
  2. High School for Teaching and the Professions School
    760 feet
  3. International School for Liberal Arts School
    760 feet
  4. Kingsbridge International High School
    760 feet
  5. Kipp Bronx Charter School II School
    900 feet
  6. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 7 School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington's Walk Park
    600 feet
  2. Barnhill Square
    660 feet
  3. Strong Street Playground
    720 feet
Show all 4
  1. Aqueduct Walk Park
    720 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Eighth Regiment Armory (Kingsbridge Armory) Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Jerome Park Library
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fordham Manor Church House of worship
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Reservoir Avenue or West 195th Street.

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