Mickle Avenue & Givan Avenue
Mickle Avenue and Givan Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. The corner is also named J.W. Smith Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Hillside Finance Post Office is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and five places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.
- Gun Hill Rd 50.5 miles5
Next trains at this station
Eastchester
1 line- 5 …
Manhattan
1 line- 5 …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Eastchester Rd/Givan Av, 350 feet away, for the Bx31.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Eastchester Rd/Givan Av Bx31350 feetBx31
Next buses at this stop
- Bx31 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 1255 East Gun Hill Road Gas station0.5 miles
- 3401 Mickle Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers860 feet
- 3329 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.
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
- 128 feet above sea level
This corner is also named J.W. Smith Way, a co-naming enacted on December 1, 2017 (Local Law 237 of 2017).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A posted limit of 20 mph
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on J.W. Smith Way.
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 post office
Community centers and public services
- Hillside Finance Post Office1,150 feet
Supermarkets
- Fine Fare Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Kingsland Avenue & Givan Avenue 250 feet
- Eastchester Road & Givan Avenue 260 feet
- Tiemann Avenue & Givan Avenue 500 feet
- Givan Avenue & Corsa Avenue 540 feet
- Kingsland Avenue & Sexton Place 550 feet
- Mickle Avenue & Tillotson Avenue 660 feet
- Givan Avenue & Sexton Place 660 feet
- Gunther Avenue & Givan Avenue 750 feet
See every intersection along Givan Avenue or Mickle Avenue.