Boston Road & East 172nd Street

Boston Road and East 172nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Envision Academy is 530 feet away, and Indian Lake in Crotona Park is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, 174 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Boston Road & East 172nd 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 five 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/Seabury Pl, 460 feet away, for the Bx11 and Bx21.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Seabury Pl Bx11, Bx21 · Shelter
    460 feet
    Bx11 Bx21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1614 Boston Road Gas station
    630 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 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 May 2025.

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
87 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boston Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 park features
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bard High School Early College Bronx School
    530 feet
  2. Bronx Envision Academy School
    530 feet
  3. Explorations Academy H.S. School
    530 feet
Show all 7
  1. Tremont Crotona Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  2. E.S.M.T- I.S. 190 School
    630 feet
  3. P.S. 061 Francisco Oller School
    630 feet
  4. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    540 feet
  2. Boxcar Playground (6) Playground
    670 feet
  3. Carter Playground (7) Playground
    760 feet
Show all 7
  1. Hill & Dale Playground
    770 feet
  2. Martin Van Buren Playground
    1,160 feet
  3. Nature Center in Crotona Park Park feature
    1,190 feet
  4. Indian Lake in Crotona Park Park feature
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Gospel Temple Church House of worship
    640 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  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 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boston Road or East 172nd 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.