Boston Road & Pelham Parkway

Boston Road and Pelham Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Pelham Parkway-Van Nest, Bronx, at the edge of Bronx Park. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Ghana United Methodist Church is 880 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. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1954, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
580 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
180 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 Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Pelham Pkwy 2, 5
    580 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, 180 feet away, for the Bx22.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 300 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 610 Pelham Parkway South Gas station
    270 feet
  2. 2071 White Plains Road Charging for electric cars, 22 Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
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; the corner is on the edge of the Bronx Park area
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,600 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 1954.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 139 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the apple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2025 and February 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

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
    290 feet
  2. Ben Abrams Playground
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Ghana United Methodist Church House of worship
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    510 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    640 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Choice Market Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 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 signal or safety change and 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 or Pelham Parkway.

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