245 Summer Street

Fidelity® Investments

Boston, MA 02210

June 16, 2017

U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

RE: Fidelity Hastings Street Trust (the trust): File Nos. 002-11517 and 811-00215 Fidelity Advisor Series Growth & Income Fund and Fidelity Series Growth & Income Fund (the fund(s)) Post-Effective Amendment No. 163

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 8b-16 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Regulation S-T and Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (33 Act) transmitted herewith on behalf of the trust is Post-Effective Amendment No. 163 to the trust’s current effective Registration Statement on Form N-1A.  This transmission contains a conformed signature page, the manually signed original of which is maintained at the offices of the trust.

This filing contains the Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information for the fund(s) referenced above. Pursuant to Rule 472 under the 33 Act, each fund’s Prospectuses and SAIs, as filed herein, have been tagged to indicate modifications and editorial changes made since the filing of Post-Effective Amendment No. 159.

This filing also incorporates changes to the fund’s pricing and management contract.  This filing also serves to make other non-material changes.

Pursuant to Rule 485(a), the trust elects an effective date of August 29, 2017.  We request your comments by July 17, 2017.

Please contact Jamie Plourde at (817) 474-7037 in connection with any questions or comments regarding this filing

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	/s/ Jamie Plourde
	Jamie Plourde
	Legal Product Group