Cross Bronx Expressway & Boston Road

Cross Bronx Expressway and Boston Road meet at a four-way crossing in West Farms, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bold Charter School is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, 174 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2002 and 2018, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
174 St
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Boston Rd/Vyse Av · Bx21
Within a walk
13 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cross Bronx Expressway & Boston Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 174 St, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 174 St 2, 5
    1,210 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. West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av 2, 5
    1,260 feet
    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/Vyse Av, 160 feet away, for the Bx21.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Vyse Av Bx21
    160 feet
    Bx21

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Vyse Ave & Boston Rd 19 docks in all
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at East 174th Street & Bronx River Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1614 Boston Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2017

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 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West Farms

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,100 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 2002 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 703 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Columbia' London planetree and the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boston Road

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Boston Road

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Cross Bronx Expressway

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Cross Bronx Expressway

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Heaven's Tiny Tots East Tremont Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  2. Cardinal McCloskey School and Home for Children Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    740 feet
  3. Bold Charter School
    740 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 006 West Farms School
    860 feet
  2. The Vida Bogart School for All Children School
    860 feet
  3. Cultivating Hearts and Minds Pre-K Center at 1946 Boston Road Pre-K center
    1,070 feet
  4. Beanstalk Childcare Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Episcopal Church West Farms House of worship
    470 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 18/Engine 45/Ladder 58 Fire station
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Cross Bronx Expressway.

Sources: 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, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.