Boston Road & Wickham Avenue
Boston Road and Wickham Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Baychester Academy is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Baychester Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 5. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1988, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Baychester Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.
- Baychester Av 50.4 miles5
Next trains at this station
Eastchester
1 line- 5 …
Manhattan
1 line- 5 …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Boston Rd/Bruner Av, 100 feet away, for the Bx30.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Boston Rd/Bruner Av Bx30 · Shelter100 feetBx30
Next buses at this stop
- Bx30 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the New England Thruway southbound at Baychester Avenue & East 222nd Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 3800 Boston Road Gas station0.3 miles
- 3401 Mickle Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1,280 feet
- 3329 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2020.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, October 2022
- Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10466
- Community board
- Bronx Community Board 12
- City Council district
- 12
- Police precinct
- 47
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester
- Elevation
- 115 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1988.
Trees
NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Bloodgood' London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 11 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Boston Road
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of Boston Road
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
East side of Wickham Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Wickham Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Baychester Academy School1,160 feet
Supermarkets
- Palm Tree Marketplace Supermarket630 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy460 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Boston Road & East 222nd Street 190 feet
- Boston Road & Bruner Avenue 250 feet
- Boston Road & Gunther Avenue 260 feet
- East 222nd Street & Wickham Avenue 270 feet
- Boston Road & Ely Avenue 510 feet
- Boston Road & Tiemann Avenue 530 feet
- Needham Avenue & East 223rd Street 570 feet
- East 222nd Street & Tiemann Avenue 660 feet
See every intersection along Boston Road, East 223rd Street or Wickham Avenue.