Boston Road & Matthews Avenue

Boston Road and Matthews Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Allerton, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 1,248 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St Lucy School is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Allerton Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Allerton Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Boston Rd/Matthews Av · Bx30
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 garden and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Boston Road & Matthews Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Allerton Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Allerton Av 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 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Allerton Mandalas” (2006) by Michele Brody at the Allerton Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/Matthews Av, 30 feet away, for the Bx30.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Matthews Av Bx30
    30 feet
    Bx30

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx30 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Southern Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2600 Boston Road Gas station
    190 feet
  2. 3305 Boston Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2018

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,248 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 645th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 633 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Allerton
Elevation
124 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1945.

Since 2014 at least 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2022 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boston Road

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

West side of Boston Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Matthews Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Matthews Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. St Lucy School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Boston Garden
    230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Allerton Library
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lucys RC Church House of worship
    920 feet
  2. Bronx Miracle Gospel Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    320 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    530 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boston Road or Matthews Avenue.

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