East Fordham Road & Creston Avenue

East Fordham Road and Creston Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in University Heights (North)-Fordham, Bronx. The corner is also named Burton Schoenbach Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 1,855 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St. James Park is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Fordham Rd, is about two minutes on foot, for the B and D. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, nine of them trade or language schools, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fordham Rd
430 feet · 2 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
E Fordham Rd/E 190 St · Bx12
Within a walk
29 places
9 trade or language schools, 6 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Fordham Road & Creston Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fordham Rd, 430 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fordham Rd B, D
    430 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 4
    760 feet
    4
  2. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    0.4 miles
    B D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E Fordham Rd/E 190 St, 160 feet away, for the Bx12.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E Fordham Rd/E 190 St Bx12 · Shelter
    160 feet
    Bx12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx12 …

Live arrivals

East Fordham Road carries a bus lane, 7am to 10am and 12pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 188 St & Creston Ave 33 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2340 Jerome Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,200 feet
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,855 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 458th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,129 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
14
Police precinct
46 and 52 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (North)-Fordham
Elevation
116 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Burton Schoenbach Way (Local Law 45 of 2017, enacted on March 18, 2017) and Oscar de la Renta Boulevard (Local Law 15 of 2015, enacted on February 5, 2015).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 1916 and 1942.

Since 2014 at least 326 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to 7pm on East Fordham Road (south side).

East side of Creston Avenue

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

West side of Creston Avenue

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

North side of East Fordham Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-NOON 2PM-7PM

South side of East Fordham Road

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 213209, 213452 and 216462.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco. They were built between 1864 and 1938.

  1. Loew's Paradise Theater Designated landmark
    630 feet
  2. Apple Bank Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 9 trade or language schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 1 college
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. 1199 S E I U / Employer Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    270 feet
  2. Jasmin Educational Enterprises Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  3. Robt Fiance Hair Design Inst Trade or language school
    470 feet
Show all 15
  1. Belle Adore Trade or language school
    530 feet
  2. ABC Training Center Trade or language school
    570 feet
  3. New York Language Ctr Bronx Trade or language school
    580 feet
  4. American Tour Management Institute Trade or language school
    730 feet
  5. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    730 feet
  6. Brittany Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    740 feet
  7. Iba Trade or language school
    820 feet
  8. D'Jesus Day Care Pre-K
    910 feet
  9. P.S. 033 Timothy Dwight School
    1,050 feet
  10. Monroe University College
    1,060 feet
  11. D'Jesus Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet
  12. Ultissima Beauty Institute Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Muller Triangle
    130 feet
  2. St. James Park
    590 feet
  3. Bryan Park
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. New Beginnings Community Garden
    1,120 feet
  2. Poe Park
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bryan Park Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. James' Episcopal Church and Parish House Listed historic place
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Creston Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    280 feet
  2. Fordham Lutheran Church House of worship
    700 feet
  3. St James Episcopal Church Fordham House of worship
    770 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. St James Recreation Center
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    60 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    80 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    970 feet
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    630 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Creston Avenue or East Fordham Road.

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 Records, 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.