Boston Road & Suburban Place

Boston Road and Suburban Place meet at a three-way junction in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Herman Ridder Junior High School stands 290 feet away. The nearest subway, 174 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them schools, and five places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1931, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
174 St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Boston Rd/Seabury Pl · Bx11, Bx21
Within a walk
19 places
6 schools, 4 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Boston Road & Suburban Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 174 St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 174 St 2, 5
    1,150 feet
    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. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Trip Up the Bronx River” (2004) by Daniel Del Valle at the 174 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/Seabury Pl, 280 feet away, for the Bx11 and Bx21.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Seabury Pl Bx11, Bx21 · Shelter
    280 feet
    Bx11 Bx21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Charlotte St & Boston Rd 19 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1614 Boston Road Gas station
    450 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
Elevation
84 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 1926 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Boston Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Suburban Place

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

South side of Suburban Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco, and built between 1929 and 1931.

  1. Herman Ridder Junior High School Designated landmark
    290 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bard High School Early College Bronx School
    350 feet
  2. Bronx Envision Academy School
    350 feet
  3. Explorations Academy H.S. School
    350 feet
Show all 8
  1. Tremont Crotona Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  2. E.S.M.T- I.S. 190 School
    790 feet
  3. P.S. 061 Francisco Oller School
    790 feet
  4. East Bronx Academy for the Future School
    1,200 feet
  5. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    360 feet
  2. Hill & Dale Playground
    590 feet
  3. Boxcar Playground (6) Playground
    850 feet
Show all 6
  1. Carter Playground (7) Playground
    940 feet
  2. Nature Center in Crotona Park Park feature
    1,100 feet
  3. Seabury Playground
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Gospel Temple Church House of worship
    450 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 910 East 172nd Street Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,190 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Boston Road or Suburban Place.

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