Boston Road & East 165th Street

Boston Road and East 165th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. William Hooper Garden (Jacquline Denise Davis Garden) is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Boston Rd/E 165 St, is 110 feet away for the Bx21, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Boston Rd/E 165 St · Bx21
Within a walk
39 places
20 religious buildings, 6 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Boston Road & East 165th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/E 165 St, 110 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/E 165 St Bx21 · Shelter
    110 feet
    Bx21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 165th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & Franklin Ave 19 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 206 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boston Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of East 165th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East 165th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as High Victorian Gothic, and built in 1905.

  1. Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania - Smith Memorial Hall Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sharon Baptist Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    490 feet
  2. Sunshine Devel - Sharon Baptist HS School
    510 feet
  3. P.S. 146 Edward Collins School
    570 feet
Show all 10
  1. Little Scholars Early Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    800 feet
  3. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    920 feet
  4. Bronx International High School
    1,130 feet
  5. High School for Violin and Dance School
    1,130 feet
  6. Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies School · listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  7. P.S. X140 the Eagle School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. William Hooper Garden (Jacquline Denise Davis Garden) Garden
    70 feet
  2. Franklin Memorial Garden
    580 feet
  3. Franklin Triangle
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. Charlton-Thompson Garden
    610 feet
  2. Hines Park
    1,060 feet
  3. Dunbar Playground
    1,120 feet
  4. Hilton White Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saxe Embroidery Company Building Listed historic place
    620 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    590 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Forest Community center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boston Road or East 165th Street.

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