Boston Road & Jackson Avenue

Boston Road and Jackson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. McKinley Square is 810 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Boston Rd/E 168 St, is 40 feet away for the Bx21, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bronx Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Boston Rd/E 168 St · Bx21
Within a walk
37 places
14 religious buildings, 11 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Boston Road & Jackson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/E 168 St, 40 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/E 168 St Bx21
    40 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & E 167 St 21 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 147 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
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boston Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Jackson Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Jackson Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 46 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Free Classical. They were mostly built between 1900 and 1903.

  1. Morris High School Outbuilding Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 11 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Covenant Christian Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    130 feet
  2. Bronx International High School
    960 feet
  3. High School for Violin and Dance School
    960 feet
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  1. Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies School · landmark · listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. NYC Autism Charter School Bronx School
    980 feet
  3. Urban Scholars Community School
    980 feet
  4. Harriet Tubman Charter School Junior Academy School
    1,150 feet
  5. Mott Hall Charter School
    1,150 feet
  6. P.S. 063 Author's Academy School
    1,150 feet
  7. Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School
    1,200 feet
  8. Bronx Latin School
    1,200 feet
  9. Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Youth Village Playground
    70 feet
  2. Marie Brooks Community Garden
    380 feet
  3. McKinley Square
    810 feet
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  1. Hines Park
    990 feet
  2. Hines Park Playground
    990 feet
  3. Genesis Community Garden
    1,020 feet
  4. Beatty Plaza
    1,130 feet
  5. Estella Diggs Park
    1,130 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 26 Ambulance station
    840 feet
  2. Bronxcare Hospital Center Hospital
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Morrisania Library Landmark
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 28 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Boston Road or Jackson Avenue.

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