Excellent shopping abounds including Macy's, Marshall's, Children's Place, Carters and many specialty stores and supermarkets as well as a variety of restaurants including Boston Market, Starbucks, Applebees and Zaro's. There are medical and dental offices, blink Fitness, and day care facilities. Residents have street parking available as well as several parking garages and there is 24 hour roving security. Private, public and parochial schools are onsite and within walking distance. Parkchester is near the Bronx Zoo, the New York Botanical Gardens, Fordham University and the Albert Einstein Center and College of Medicine, Arthur Avenue Little Italy as well as many other cultural destinations.