Valentine Avenue & Bedford Park Boulevard

Valentine Avenue and Bedford Park Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bedford Park Presbyterian Church is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Park Blvd, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Park Blvd
400 feet · 2 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Bedford Park Blvd/Grand Concourse · Bx25, Bx26
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Valentine Avenue & Bedford Park Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Park Blvd, 400 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Park Blvd B, D
    400 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. Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College 4
    1,200 feet
    4
  2. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Park Blvd/Grand Concourse, 250 feet away, for the Bx25 and Bx26.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Park Blvd/Grand Concourse Bx25, Bx26
    250 feet
    Bx25 Bx26

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx25 …
  2. Bx26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bainbridge Ave & Bedford Park Blvd 19 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Southern Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2947 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 254 East 203rd Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
11 and 14 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford Park
Elevation
139 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 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 1924 and 1955.

Since 2014 at least 398 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bedford Park Boulevard

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

South side of Bedford Park Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Valentine Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Valentine Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Lil Inventors Grand Concourse Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. Academy of Mount St Ursula School
    1,040 feet
  3. St Philip Neri School
    1,200 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 008 Isaac Varian School
    1,230 feet
  2. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx II School
    1,270 feet
  3. Concourse House Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bainbridge Garden
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Samuel Church House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Bedford Park Presbyterian Church House of worship
    500 feet
  3. St Philip Neri Church House of worship
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bedford Park Congregation Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 27/Engine 79/Ladder 37 Fire station
    540 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 23 food stores.

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 nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Park Boulevard or Valentine 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.