Valentine Avenue & East 199th Street

Valentine Avenue and East 199th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. St Samuel Church is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Park Blvd, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Park Blvd
730 feet · 3 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Valentine Av/E 199 St · Bx34
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Valentine Avenue & East 199th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Park Blvd, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Valentine Av/E 199 St, 70 feet away, for the Bx34.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Valentine Av/E 199 St Bx34
    70 feet
    Bx34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Concourse & E 199 St 21 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Southern Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2947 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 254 East 203rd Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
11 and 14 and 15 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford Park
Elevation
151 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 1923 and 1952.

Since 2014 at least 151 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 199th Street

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

South side of East 199th Street

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

East side of Valentine Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Valentine Avenue

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Lil Inventors Grand Concourse Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  2. Academy of Mount St Ursula School
    780 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Samuel Church House of worship
    90 feet
  2. Bedford Park Presbyterian Church House of worship
    750 feet
  3. St Philip Neri Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 25 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 199th 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.