East Fordham Road & Bathgate Avenue

East Fordham Road and Bathgate Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Belmont, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 1,691 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Belmont Preparatory High School is 450 feet away, and Fordham High School for the Arts is 450 feet away. The nearest bus stop, East Fordham Rd/Bathgate Av, is 60 feet away for the Bx9, Bx12, Bx17 and Bx22. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, ten of them schools, and 27 places to eat.

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East Fordham Road & Bathgate Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Fordham Rd/Bathgate Av, 60 feet away, for the Bx9, Bx12, Bx17 and Bx22.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Fordham Rd/Bathgate Av Bx9, Bx12, Bx17, Bx22 · Shelter
    60 feet
    Bx9 Bx12 Bx17 Bx22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

East Fordham Road carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 191 St & Bathgate Ave 30 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 588 East Fordham Road Gas station
    800 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2019

In 2025, 1,691 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 498th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 952 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
82 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bathgate Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bathgate Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East Fordham Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 12 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of East Fordham Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 212006, 212007 and 214177.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Belmont Preparatory High School
    450 feet
  2. Bronx High School for Law and Community Service School
    450 feet
  3. Fordham High School for the Arts School
    450 feet
Show all 11
  1. Fordham Leadership Academy School
    450 feet
  2. Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy International High School (Kappa) School
    450 feet
  3. West Bronx Academy for the Future School
    450 feet
  4. Thomas C. Giordano Middle School 45 School
    600 feet
  5. Adapt Community Network/ Harry H. Gordon School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  6. Our Lady of Mt Carmel School
    760 feet
  7. Ucp of NYC - Harry H Gordon School
    760 feet
  8. I.S. 254 School
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rose Hill Park
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fordham Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fordham Post Office
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

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