3rd Avenue & East Fordham Road

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East Fordham Road is in Belmont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Rose Hill Park is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Fordham Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, nine of them schools, and 45 places to eat. A bus lane runs along 3rd Avenue, all day.

Safety record
12 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fordham Rd
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
East Fordham Rd/3 Av · Bx12, Bx12 SBS
Within a walk
26 places
9 schools, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East Fordham Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fordham Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fordham Rd B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Fordham Rd/3 Av, 40 feet away, for the Bx12 and Bx12 SBS.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Fordham Rd/3 Av Bx12, Bx12 SBS · Shelter
    40 feet
    Bx12 Bx12 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx12 …
  2. Bx12 SBS …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 3rd Avenue, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E Fordham Rd & Webster Ave 35 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

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

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15
Police precinct
48
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Belmont
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 400 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 1911 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 50 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sycamore maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2022 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East Fordham Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 209099.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Jonas Bronck Academy School
    480 feet
  2. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academies at 2490-2500 Webster Avenue Pre-K center
    790 feet
  3. Belmont Preparatory High School
    920 feet
Show all 12
  1. Bronx High School for Law and Community Service School
    920 feet
  2. Fordham High School for the Arts School
    920 feet
  3. Fordham Leadership Academy School
    920 feet
  4. Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy International High School (Kappa) School
    920 feet
  5. West Bronx Academy for the Future School
    920 feet
  6. Fordham Univ (Rose Hill-Lincoln Ctr) College
    1,050 feet
  7. Fordham Preparatory School
    1,050 feet
  8. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academies at 2512 Marion Avenue Pre-K center
    1,100 feet
  9. I.S. 254 School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rose Hill Park
    200 feet
  2. Flood Triangle
    1,050 feet
  3. Webster Playground
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bryan Park
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fordham Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    320 feet
  2. Bryan Park Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Mercy Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    480 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Bronx Center Career or business center
    480 feet
  3. Fordham Post Office
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    690 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, East Fordham Road or Mill River Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.