Boston Road & Longfellow Avenue

Boston Road and Longfellow Avenue meet at a three-way junction in West Farms, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Emolior Academy is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them schools, and four places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av
560 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
East Tremont Av/Boston Rd · Bx36
Within a walk
15 places
6 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Boston Road & Longfellow Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av 2, 5
    560 feet
    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. 174 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Animal Tracks” (2004) by Naomi Campbell at the West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Tremont Av/Boston Rd, 400 feet away, for the Bx36.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Tremont Av/Boston Rd Bx36
    400 feet
    Bx36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & West Farms Rd 25 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1198 East Tremont Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 6
City Council district
15
Police precinct
48
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West Farms

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 1,192 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the hardy rubber tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 10pm on Boston Road (west side).

East side of Boston Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Longfellow Avenue

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

West side of Longfellow Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 205876.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Cardinal McCloskey School and Home for Children Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    120 feet
  2. Cultivating Hearts and Minds Pre-K Center at 1946 Boston Road Pre-K center
    370 feet
  3. Emolior Academy School
    750 feet
Show all 9
  1. Heaven's Tiny Tots East Tremont Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. P.S. 214 School
    750 feet
  3. P.S. 006 West Farms School
    860 feet
  4. The Vida Bogart School for All Children School
    860 feet
  5. Kennedy Children's Center - Bronx School
    1,130 feet
  6. Bold Charter School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West Farms Rapids Park
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Episcopal Church West Farms House of worship
    730 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at 1010 East 178th Street Community center
    1,070 feet
  2. West Farms Post Office
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    890 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and six 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boston Road or Longfellow 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, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.