Boston Road & East 169th Street

Boston Road and East 169th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Beatty Plaza is 400 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Boston Rd/E 169 St, is 60 feet away for the Bx21, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bruckner Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Boston Rd/E 169 St · Bx21
Within a walk
30 places
15 religious buildings, 3 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Boston Road & East 169th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/E 169 St, 60 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/E 169 St Bx21
    60 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Franklin Ave & E 169 St 19 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

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

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, November 2021

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 174 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and May 2020; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boston Road

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Boston Road

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of East 169th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical Revival, and built between 1907 and 1908.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Mott Hall Charter School
    740 feet
  2. P.S. 063 Author's Academy School
    740 feet
  3. My First Step Enrichment Program 2 Pre-K
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. New Covenant Christian Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  2. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McKinley Square
    80 feet
  2. Beatty Plaza
    400 feet
  3. Youth Village Playground
    800 feet
Show all 6
  1. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    930 feet
  2. Marie Brooks Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  3. Drew Playground
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 26 Ambulance station
    110 feet
  2. Bronxcare Hospital Center Hospital
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Morrisania Library Landmark
    520 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Morrisania Baptist Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1315 Franklin Avenue Older adult center
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    150 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boston Road or East 169th Street.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.