Reservoir Oval West & East 208th Street

Reservoir Oval West and East 208th Street meet at a three-way junction in Norwood, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Valentine Varian House is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood-205 St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1928, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Norwood-205 St
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Bainbridge Av/Reservoir Oval E · Bx10, Bx16, Bx28, Bx34 +1
Within a walk
13 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Reservoir Oval West & East 208th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood-205 St, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Norwood-205 St D
    1,110 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Mosholu Pkwy 4
    0.4 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bainbridge Av/Reservoir Oval E, 270 feet away, for the Bx10, Bx16, Bx28, Bx34 and Bx38.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bainbridge Av/Reservoir Oval E Bx10, Bx16, Bx28, Bx34 +1
    270 feet
    Bx10 Bx16 Bx28 Bx34 Bx38

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …
  2. Bx16 …
  3. Bx28 …
  4. Bx34 …
  5. Bx38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Reservoir Oval E & Bainbridge Ave 16 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3276 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 3500 Dekalb Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
11
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Norwood

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 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 1925 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 184 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Vernacular Georgian, and built in 1758.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Williamsbridge Oval.

  1. Bronx River Soldier Statue by John Grignola, 1970
    80 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 historic site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Canarsie Children First Academy School
    700 feet
  2. J.H.S. 080 the Mosholu Parkway School
    900 feet
  3. P.S./M.S. 280 Mosholu Parkway School
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Williamsbridge Oval Park · listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. Williamsbridge Oval Playground
    190 feet

Health care

  1. Montefiore Medical Center - Henry & Lucy Moses DIV Hospital
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Valentine Varian House Historic site
    30 feet
  2. Museum of Bronx History at Valentine Varian House Museum · landmark
    130 feet
  3. Keeper's House, Williamsbridge Reservoir Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Our Savior House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center
    410 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 208th Street or Reservoir Oval West.

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