Valentine Avenue & East 194th Street

Valentine Avenue and East 194th Street meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (North)-Fordham, Bronx. The corner is also named Dr. Leandro Lozada Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
510 feet · 2 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Valentine Av/E 194 St · Bx34
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Valentine Avenue & East 194th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    510 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. Kingsbridge Rd 4
    0.3 miles
    4
  2. Fordham Rd B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Valentine Av/E 194 St, 100 feet away, for the Bx34.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Valentine Av/E 194 St Bx34
    100 feet
    Bx34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bainbridge Ave & E 193 St 27 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Southern Boulevard, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4709 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
15
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (North)-Fordham
Elevation
124 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Dr. Leandro Lozada Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,500 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 1921 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 225 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Dr. Leandro Lozada Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 194th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Valentine Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Valentine Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1812.

  1. Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Designated landmark
    280 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 246 Poe Center School
    820 feet
  2. Our Lady of Refuge School
    940 feet
  3. Ultissima Beauty Institute Trade or language school
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poe Park
    250 feet
  2. Poe Park Playground
    410 feet
  3. Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters Garden
    510 feet
Show all 4
  1. St. James Park
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Poe Cottage Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Bronx Library Center Library
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 30 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 194th Street 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.