Valentine Avenue & East 196th Street

Valentine Avenue and East 196th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 046 Edgar Allan Poe is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
300 feet · 1 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Valentine Av/E 196 St · Bx34
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Valentine Avenue & East 196th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    300 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
    0.4 miles
    4
  2. Bedford Park Blvd B, D
    0.5 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Valentine Av/E 196 St, 120 feet away, for the Bx34.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Valentine Av/E 196 St Bx34
    120 feet
    Bx34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 196 St & Valentine Ave 25 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at West 230th Street & Major Deegan Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2895 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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)
Bedford Park
Elevation
136 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two 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 1922 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 192 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 196th Street

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

South side of East 196th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Valentine Avenue

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

West side of Valentine Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Refuge School
    440 feet
  2. P.S. 046 Edgar Allan Poe School
    570 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poe Park
    1,070 feet
  2. Poe Park Playground
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Poe Cottage Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 22 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 196th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.