3rd Avenue & Boston Road

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and Boston Road is in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Gospel Hill Baptist Church is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/E 163 St, is 130 feet away for the Bx15 and Bx21, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
3 Av/E 163 St · Bx15, Bx21
Within a walk
37 places
17 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Boston Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 163 St, 130 feet away, for the Bx15 and Bx21.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 163 St Bx15, Bx21 · Shelter
    130 feet
    Bx15 Bx21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx15 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 163 St 27 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 481 East 163rd Street Gas station
    820 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
16 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,600 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 between 1982 and 2012.

Since 2014 at least 341 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

East side of Boston Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Boston Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    250 feet
  2. P.S. X140 the Eagle School
    720 feet
  3. Sharon Baptist Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
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  1. Sunshine Devel - Sharon Baptist HS School
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 146 Edward Collins School
    840 feet
  3. Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  4. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    980 feet
  5. Boricua College - Bronx College
    1,070 feet
  6. Learning Through Play Pre-K Center at 443 East 162 Street Pre-K center
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Charlton-Thompson Garden
    360 feet
  2. William Hooper Garden (Jacquline Denise Davis Garden) Garden
    610 feet
  3. Dunbar Playground
    890 feet
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  1. Hilton White Playground
    900 feet
  2. Franklin Triangle
    910 feet
  3. O'Neill Triangle Park
    970 feet
  4. Franklin Memorial Garden
    1,140 feet
  5. Palmas del Caribe (Eagle Avenue Community Garden) Garden
    1,190 feet
  6. Melrose Commons Park
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saxe Embroidery Company Building Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Bronx Borough Courthouse Listed historic place
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    70 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    980 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Boston Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.