Valentine Avenue & East 197th Street

Valentine Avenue and East 197th 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 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, five of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
920 feet · 3 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Valentine Av/E 198 St · Bx34
Within a walk
7 places
5 religious buildings and 2 schools, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Valentine Avenue & East 197th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Valentine Av/E 198 St, 220 feet away, for the Bx34.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Valentine Av/E 198 St Bx34
    220 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. Valentine Ave & E 198 St 21 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Southern Boulevard, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2895 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 254 East 203rd Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

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
128 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,600 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 1922 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 391 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 197th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 197th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Valentine Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Valentine Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 046 Edgar Allan Poe School
    770 feet
  2. Our Lady of Refuge School
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    940 feet
  2. St Samuel Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 18 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 197th 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.