Boston Road & Pelham Parkway South

Boston Road and Pelham Parkway South meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 5,589 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Bronx Park is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
470 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Bronx Park East/Pelham Pkwy · Bx22
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 listed historic place and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Boston Road & Pelham Parkway South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Pelham Pkwy 2, 5
    470 feet
    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 “Back to the Garden” (2007) by Tomie Arai at the Pelham Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bronx Park East/Pelham Pkwy, 70 feet away, for the Bx22.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bronx Park East/Pelham Pkwy Bx22
    70 feet
    Bx22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 400 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 610 Pelham Parkway South Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 5,589 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 30th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 2,903 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on Pelham Parkway2,2301,216
Westbound on Pelham Parkway1,315754
Northbound on Boston Road2,044933
Total5,5892,903

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10462
Community board
Bronx Community Board 11
City Council district
13 and 15 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
49
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 36 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 95 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the apple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2024 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boston Road

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Boston Road

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION 6AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Pelham Parkway

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

North side of Pelham Parkway South

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Pelham Parkway South

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 203804.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bronx Park
    180 feet
  2. Ben Abrams Playground
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pelham Parkway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ghana United Methodist Church House of worship
    990 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    400 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    530 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Choice Market Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boston Road, Bronx River Parkway or Pelham Parkway South.

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.