Valentine Avenue & East 183rd Street

Valentine Avenue and East 183rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Fordham Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 9 Ryer Avenue Elementary School is 270 feet away, and Creston Jungle Playground is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, 182-183 Sts, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
182-183 Sts
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
980 feet
Grand Concourse/Field Pl · Bx1, Bx2
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Valentine Avenue & East 183rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 182-183 Sts, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 182-183 Sts B, D
    1,090 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. 183 St 4
    0.3 miles
    4
  2. Fordham Rd B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Concourse/Field Pl, 980 feet away, for the Bx1 and Bx2.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Concourse/Field Pl Bx1, Bx2
    980 feet
    Bx1 Bx2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx1 …
  2. Bx2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Valentine Ave & E 183 St 23 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Clay Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2173 Grand Concourse Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
15
Police precinct
46
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fordham Heights
Elevation
124 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,000 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 1919 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 226 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

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 October 2017 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 183rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 183rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Valentine Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Valentine Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 209 Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. P.S. 9 Ryer Avenue Elementary School
    270 feet
  3. St Dominic's Home-Torch Annex School
    680 feet
Show all 6
  1. Clifford Glover Early Childhood Educational Center 3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  2. Arcadia Children's Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  3. Stars of Tomorrow Childcare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Slattery Playground
    50 feet
  2. Creston Jungle Playground Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. Thorpe Family Playground
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Love Gospel Assembly Church House of worship
    730 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 355 East 183rd Street Older adult center
    480 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 183rd Street or Valentine Avenue.

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.