University Avenue & West 197th Street

University Avenue and West 197th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. The corner is also named Francis “Al” Chapman Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Strong Street Playground is 360 feet away, and Fordham Manor Church is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them schools.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Goulden Av/W 197 St · Bx22
Within a walk
15 places
8 schools, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
University 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 eight 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, 540 feet away, for the Bx22.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2590 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
14
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
162 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Francis “Al” Chapman Way, a co-naming enacted on June 24, 2017 (Local Law 110 of 2017).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 1941.

Since 2014 at least 46 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Francis “Al” Chapman Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of University Avenue

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

West side of University Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 197th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 197th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. American Dream Charter School II School
    530 feet
  2. St. Jemuel Group Family Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. P.S. 315 Lab School
    860 feet
Show all 10
  1. Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, The School
    970 feet
  2. Discovery High School
    970 feet
  3. High School for Teaching and the Professions School
    970 feet
  4. International School for Liberal Arts School
    970 feet
  5. Kingsbridge International High School
    970 feet
  6. P.S. 086 Kingsbridge Heights School
    1,190 feet
  7. Imagine Early Learning Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Houses of worship

  1. Fordham Manor Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along University Avenue or West 197th Street.

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