Valentine Avenue & East Kingsbridge Road

Valentine Avenue and East Kingsbridge Road meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (North)-Fordham, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 440 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 22 public places, six of them trade or language schools, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingsbridge Rd
770 feet · 3 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Valentine Av/E 192 St · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
22 places
6 trade or language schools, 5 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Valentine Avenue & East Kingsbridge Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingsbridge Rd, 770 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
    770 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. Fordham Rd B, D
    1,170 feet
    B D
  2. Kingsbridge Rd 4
    0.3 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Valentine Av/E 192 St, 50 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Valentine Av/E 192 St Bx28, Bx38
    50 feet
    Bx28 Bx38

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx28 …
  2. Bx38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Concourse & E 192 St 21 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4709 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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)
University Heights (North)-Fordham
Elevation
135 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,600 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 1917 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 125 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 128 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cockspur hawthorn.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2025 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East Kingsbridge Road (east side).

North side of East Kingsbridge Road

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East Kingsbridge Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 214865.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Art Deco. They were built between 1812 and 1938.

  1. Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Designated landmark
    440 feet
  2. Apple Bank Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ultissima Beauty Institute Trade or language school
    640 feet
  2. Iba Trade or language school
    810 feet
  3. American Tour Management Institute Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
Show all 8
  1. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  2. P.S. 246 Poe Center School
    1,080 feet
  3. D'Jesus Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet
  4. New York Language Ctr Bronx Trade or language school
    1,240 feet
  5. Belle Adore Trade or language school
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poe Park
    60 feet
  2. Poe Park Playground
    170 feet
  3. Bryan Park
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. St. James Park
    870 feet
  2. Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters Garden
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bryan Park Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    780 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Poe Cottage Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. Bronx Library Center Library
    510 feet
  3. Dollar Savings Bank Listed historic place
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Mercy Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 24 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Kingsbridge Road 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.