Valentine Avenue & East 201st Street

Valentine Avenue and East 201st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Bedford Park Congregational Church stands 700 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 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Park Blvd
680 feet · 3 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Bainbridge Av/E 201 St · Bx34
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Valentine Avenue & East 201st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Park Blvd, 680 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
    680 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. Norwood-205 St D
    0.5 miles
    D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bainbridge Av/E 201 St, 730 feet away, for the Bx34.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bainbridge Av/E 201 St Bx34
    730 feet
    Bx34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 201 St & Briggs Ave 19 docks in all
    310 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,900 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 1927 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 626 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 201st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 201st Street

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

East side of Valentine Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Valentine Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1910 and 1912.

  1. Bedford Park Congregational Church Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 008 Isaac Varian School
    740 feet
  2. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx II School
    780 feet
  3. Lil Inventors Grand Concourse Blvd Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Philip Neri School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bainbridge Garden
    770 feet
  2. Mosholu Playground
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bedford Park Congregation Church House of worship
    710 feet
  2. St Samuel Church House of worship
    760 feet
  3. St Philip Neri Church House of worship
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bedford Park Presbyterian Church House of worship
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford Park Multi-Service Center for Senior Citizens Older adult center
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 27/Engine 79/Ladder 37 Fire station
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    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 13 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 201st 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.