Boston Road & Bronx River Parkway

Boston Road and Bronx River Parkway (Exit 6, north-east) meet at a three-way junction in Bronx Park, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Zoo is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1936, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
Bronx River Pkwy/Boston Rd · BxM11
Within a walk
3 places
1 park, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Boston Road & Bronx River Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Pelham Pkwy 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Back to the Garden” (2007) by Tomie Arai at the Pelham Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bronx River Pkwy/Boston Rd, 490 feet away, for the BxM11.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bronx River Pkwy/Boston Rd BxM11
    490 feet
    BxM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Boston Road & Bronx River Parkway, 100 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 610 Pelham Parkway South Gas station
    1,160 feet
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 27
City Council district
15
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bronx Park
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 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 1929 and 1936.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American sycamore.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 zoo or aquarium

This corner stands inside Bronx Park.

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bronx Park
    surrounds this corner
  2. Ben Abrams Playground
    220 feet
  3. Bronx Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    490 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Choice Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boston Road or Bronx River Parkway.

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.