Boston Road & Stebbins Avenue

Boston Road and Stebbins Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. E.S.M.T- I.S. 190 is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
9 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Boston Rd/Louis Nine Blvd · Bx21
Within a walk
20 places
11 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Boston Road & Stebbins 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 seven 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 174 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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 Boston Rd/Louis Nine Blvd, 40 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Louis Nine Blvd Bx21
    40 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wilkins Ave & Crotona Park E 19 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1365 Boston Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
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

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boston Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Stebbins Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Stebbins Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  2. E.S.M.T- I.S. 190 School
    980 feet
  3. P.S. 061 Francisco Oller School
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Little Scholars Early Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  2. P.S. 134 George F. Bristow School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    570 feet
  2. Martin Van Buren Playground
    660 feet
  3. Boxcar Playground (6) Playground
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Carter Playground (7) Playground
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and ten 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 Stebbins 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.