Boston Road & Thwaites Place

Boston Road and Thwaites Place meet at a four-way crossing in Allerton, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Park is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Pelham Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
22 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pelham Pkwy
220 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Boston Rd/Thwaites Pl · Bx30, BxM11
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Boston Road & Thwaites Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pelham Pkwy, 220 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Pelham Pkwy 2, 5
    220 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. Allerton Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    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 Boston Rd/Thwaites Pl, 50 feet away, for the Bx30 and BxM11.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Thwaites Pl Bx30, BxM11
    50 feet
    Bx30 BxM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx30 …
  2. BxM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Boston Road and Thwaites Place.

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at Pelham Parkway, 740 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2290 White Plains Road Gas station
    430 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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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)
Allerton
Elevation
87 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1947 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 51 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2022 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boston Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Boston Road

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Thwaites Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Thwaites Place

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
  2. P.S. 096 Richard Rodgers School
    1,070 feet
  3. Bronx House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bronx Park
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Ghana United Methodist Church House of worship
    700 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    780 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    820 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Choice Market Supermarket
    90 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 22 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boston Road or Thwaites Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.