Fenton Avenue & Hicks Street

Fenton Avenue and Hicks Street meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Hillside Finance Post Office is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Eastchester Rd/Chester St, is 680 feet away for the Bx31, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
New England Thruway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Eastchester Rd/Chester St · Bx31
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fenton Avenue & Hicks Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Eastchester Rd/Chester St, 680 feet away, for the Bx31.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Eastchester Rd/Chester St Bx31
    680 feet
    Bx31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx31 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1124 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 3401 Mickle Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3329 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 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.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10469
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester
Elevation
149 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 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 in 1935.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

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
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fenton Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Fenton Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

South side of Fenton Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Fenton Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Hicks Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 078 Anne Hutchinson School
    380 feet
  2. New Covenant Christian School
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ramah Christian Center Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3450 Boston Road Older adult center
    1,000 feet
  2. Hillside Finance Post Office
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Fenton Avenue or Hicks Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.