Reservoir Avenue & West 197th Street

Reservoir Avenue and West 197th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Washington's Walk is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, eight of them schools. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Goulden Av/W 197 St · Bx22
Within a walk
12 places
8 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Reservoir Avenue & West 197th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Kingsbridge Rd 4
    0.4 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

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

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 Goulden Av/W 197 St, 160 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Goulden Av/W 197 St Bx22 · Shelter
    160 feet
    Bx22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Goulden Ave & W 197 St 20 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2947 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 2 Bedford Park Boulevard West Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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, July 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11 and 14 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
146 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Reservoir Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Reservoir Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 197th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 197th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, The School
    600 feet
  2. Discovery High School
    600 feet
  3. High School for Teaching and the Professions School
    600 feet
Show all 10
  1. International School for Liberal Arts School
    600 feet
  2. Kingsbridge International High School
    600 feet
  3. P.S. 086 Kingsbridge Heights School
    830 feet
  4. Imagine Early Learning Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  5. American Dream Charter School II School
    900 feet
  6. St. Jemuel Group Family Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  7. P.S. 315 Lab School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington's Walk Park
    60 feet
  2. Strong Street Playground
    60 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fordham Manor Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

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 Reservoir Avenue or West 197th Street.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.