Boston Road & Prospect Avenue

Boston Road and Prospect Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
20 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Prospect Av/Boston Rd · Bx17
Within a walk
21 places
14 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Boston Road & Prospect Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.4 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 “The El” (2007) by Daniel Hauben at the Freeman St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Av/Boston Rd, 50 feet away, for the Bx17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/Boston Rd Bx17
    50 feet
    Bx17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Prospect Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boston Rd & Prospect Ave 19 docks in all
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    780 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
15 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 269 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boston Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Boston Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    310 feet
  2. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School
    1,150 feet
  3. P.S. 134 George F. Bristow School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    420 feet
  2. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    910 feet
  3. Martin Van Buren Playground
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. Damiana Pizarro Community Garden
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boston Road or Prospect Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.