Boston Road & East 170th Street

Boston Road and East 170th Street meet at a three-way junction in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Bronx corner. Concrete Dreams Community Garden is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Boston Rd/Prospect Av · Bx21
Within a walk
20 places
14 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Boston Road & East 170th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.5 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 “The El” (2007) by Daniel Hauben at the Freeman St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/Prospect Av, 40 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Prospect Av Bx21
    40 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & Prospect Ave 19 docks in all
    50 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. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    630 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

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
15 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
83 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 262 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Boston Road

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

North side of East 170th Street

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

South side of East 170th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    460 feet
  2. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    560 feet
  2. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    760 feet
  3. Martin Van Buren Playground
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Damiana Pizarro Community Garden
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boston Road or East 170th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.