Boston Road & Edson Avenue

Boston Road and Edson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Baychester Academy is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Baychester Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and ten places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
11 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Baychester Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · 5
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Boston Rd/Baychester Av · Bx30, T113
Within a walk
3 places
1 nursing home or hospice, 1 religious building and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Boston Road & Edson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Baychester Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Baychester Av 5
    990 feet
    5

Next trains at this station

Eastchester
1 line
  1. 5 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/Baychester Av, 260 feet away, for the Bx30 and T113.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Baychester Av Bx30, T113 · Shelter
    260 feet
    Bx30 T113
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx30 …
  2. T113 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3800 Boston Road Gas station
    520 feet
  2. 1250 East 229th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 3329 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10466
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of Boston Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Boston Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Edson Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Edson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 205343 and 215018.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Baychester Academy School
    150 feet

Health care

  1. Split Rock Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    490 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Palm Tree Marketplace Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. S&Y Fish & Meat Caribbean Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boston Road or Edson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.