Boston Road & Union Avenue

Boston Road and Union Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Morrisania, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Beatty Plaza is 790 feet away, and Bronxcare Hospital Center is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
12 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Boston Rd/E 169 St · Bx21
Within a walk
31 places
18 religious buildings, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Boston Road & Union Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.5 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 Boston Rd/E 169 St, 310 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/E 169 St Bx21
    310 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Ave & Jennings St 20 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound at Cross Bronx Expressway & Fulton Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10456
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morrisania
Elevation
84 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 174 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boston Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Union Avenue

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

West side of Union Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 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 Classical Revival, and built between 1907 and 1908.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P186x Walter J. Damrosch School
    450 feet
  2. My First Step Enrichment Program 2 Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mott Hall Charter School
    1,140 feet
  2. P.S. 063 Author's Academy School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Concrete Dreams Community Garden
    260 feet
  2. McKinley Square
    500 feet
  3. Beatty Plaza
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Crotona Park
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 26 Ambulance station
    750 feet
  2. Bronxcare Hospital Center Hospital
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Morrisania Library Landmark
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1315 Franklin Avenue Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boston Road or Union Avenue.

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