Valentine Avenue & East 198th Street

Valentine Avenue and East 198th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Samuel Church is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingsbridge Rd, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Valentine Av/E 198 St · Bx34
Within a walk
8 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Valentine Avenue & East 198th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    1,230 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
    0.4 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Valentine Av/E 198 St, 120 feet away, for the Bx34.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Valentine Av/E 198 St Bx34
    120 feet
    Bx34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Valentine Ave & E 198 St 21 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Southern Boulevard, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2895 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

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
123 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 1921 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 425 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese tree lilac.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 198th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 198th Street

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

East side of Valentine Avenue

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

West side of Valentine Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 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

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 046 Edgar Allan Poe School
    1,090 feet
  2. Lil Inventors Grand Concourse Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Samuel Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 27/Engine 79/Ladder 37 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 198th 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.