East 156th Street & Fox Street

East 156th Street and Fox Street meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. The corner lies on the edge of the Longwood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Fox Park is 40 feet away, and Demera Santiago Garden is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Longwood Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them schools, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Longwood Av
900 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Southern Blvd/E 156 St · Bx19
Within a walk
21 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 156th Street & Fox Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Longwood Av, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Longwood Av 6
    900 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. E 149 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/E 156 St, 390 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/E 156 St Bx19 · Shelter
    390 feet
    Bx19
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beck St & Leggett Ave 20 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 870 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1910 and 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 119 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

North side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Fox Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Fox Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Fox Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Longwood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 129 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1899 and 1900.

  1. St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Rectory Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Prospect Family Residence Pre-K · landmark
    570 feet
  2. P.S. 062 Inocensio Casanova School
    830 feet
  3. NP Ready Set Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
Show all 8
  1. Success Academy Bronx 3 CMS School
    1,040 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 3 School
    1,040 feet
  3. Longwood Preparatory Academy School
    1,160 feet
  4. Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx School
    1,240 feet
  5. M.S. 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fox Park
    40 feet
  2. Fox Playground
    140 feet
  3. Al Quiñones Playground
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. The William Rainey Garden
    950 feet
  2. Bill Rainey Park
    1,210 feet
  3. Demera Santiago Garden
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Longwood Historic District Listed historic place
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Margarets Episcopal Church Landmark
    680 feet
  2. United Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. 41st Precinct Police station
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Bravo 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 14 places to eat and 23 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 156th Street or Fox Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.