Belmont Avenue & East 189th Street

Belmont Avenue and East 189th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Belmont, Bronx. The corner is also named Phil Foglia Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Belmont Little Farmers is 80 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Fordham Rd/Camberleng Av, is 720 feet away for the Bx9, Bx12, Bx17 and Bx22, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bronx River Parkway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
East Fordham Rd/Camberleng Av · Bx9, Bx12, Bx17, Bx22
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & East 189th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Fordham Rd/Camberleng Av, 720 feet away, for the Bx9, Bx12, Bx17 and Bx22.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Fordham Rd/Camberleng Av Bx9, Bx12, Bx17, Bx22 · Shelter
    720 feet
    Bx9 Bx12 Bx17 Bx22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx9 …
  2. Bx12 …
  3. Bx17 …
  4. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 189th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 188 St & Hughes Ave 21 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 609 East Fordham Road Gas station
    1,020 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

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
74 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Phil Foglia Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1912 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 116 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Phil Foglia Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Belmont Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Belmont Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of East 189th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of East 189th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 204897 and 215223.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Thomas C. Giordano Middle School 45 School
    1,040 feet
  2. Bronx Academy for Software Engineering (Base) School
    1,110 feet
  3. Crotona International High School
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. High School for Energy and Technology School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Belmont Little Farmers Garden
    80 feet
  2. Ciccarone Park
    670 feet
  3. Ciccarone Park Playground
    670 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church House of worship
    720 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    550 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Belmont Avenue or East 189th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.