Boston Road & Charlotte Street

Boston Road and Charlotte Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. E.S.M.T- I.S. 190 is 370 feet away, and P.S. 061 Francisco Oller is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, 174 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
174 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Boston Rd/Louis Nine Blvd · Bx11, Bx21
Within a walk
21 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Boston Road & Charlotte Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 174 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 174 St 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Trip Up the Bronx River” (2004) by Daniel Del Valle at the 174 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/Louis Nine Blvd, 360 feet away, for the Bx11 and Bx21.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Louis Nine Blvd Bx11, Bx21 · Shelter
    360 feet
    Bx11 Bx21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Charlotte St & Boston Rd 19 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1614 Boston Road Gas station
    900 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
15 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
86 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boston Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Boston Road

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Charlotte Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Charlotte Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco, and built between 1929 and 1931.

  1. Herman Ridder Junior High School Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 park features
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. E.S.M.T- I.S. 190 School
    370 feet
  2. P.S. 061 Francisco Oller School
    370 feet
  3. Bard High School Early College Bronx School
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bronx Envision Academy School
    790 feet
  2. Explorations Academy H.S. School
    790 feet
  3. Tremont Crotona Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    370 feet
  2. Boxcar Playground (6) Playground
    400 feet
  3. Carter Playground (7) Playground
    490 feet
Show all 7
  1. Martin Van Buren Playground
    900 feet
  2. Nature Center in Crotona Park Park feature
    930 feet
  3. Indian Lake in Crotona Park Park feature
    1,010 feet
  4. Hill & Dale Playground
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Gospel Temple Church House of worship
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 910 East 172nd Street Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boston Road or Charlotte Street.

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