Fish Avenue & East 218th Street

Fish Avenue and East 218th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P.S. 078 Anne Hutchinson is 550 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Eastchester Rd/E 222 St, is 1,270 feet away for the Bx31, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Fish Avenue & East 218th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Eastchester Rd/E 222 St, 1,270 feet away, for the Bx31.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Eastchester Rd/E 222 St Bx31
    1,270 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1124 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 3333 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 3329 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

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

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

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)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
137 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the eastern redbud.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 218th Street

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

South side of East 218th Street

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

North side of Fish Avenue

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

South side of Fish Avenue

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

East side of Oakley Street

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

West side of Oakley Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 078 Anne Hutchinson School
    550 feet
  2. New Covenant Christian School
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.