East 170th Street & Louis Nine Boulevard

East 170th Street and Louis Nine Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. In 2025, 1,816 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Crotona Park is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Freeman St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Freeman St
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Boston Rd/Louis Nine Blvd · Bx11, Bx21
Within a walk
22 places
14 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 170th Street & Louis Nine Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Freeman St, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Freeman St 2, 5
    1,170 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. 174 St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    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/Louis Nine Blvd, 680 feet away, for the Bx11 and Bx21.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Boston Rd/Louis Nine Blvd Bx11, Bx21 · Shelter
    680 feet
    Bx11 Bx21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx11 …
  2. Bx21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Louis Nine Boulevard.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Louis Nine Blvd & Intervale Ave 19 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,816 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 466th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 763 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Northbound on Louis Nine Boulevard1,379411
Southbound on Louis Nine Boulevard437352
Total1,816763

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10459
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 327 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 170th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Louis Nine Boulevard

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

North side of Louis Nine Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Louis Nine Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Louis Nine Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Scholars Early Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
  2. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  3. Puerto Rican Family Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 134 George F. Bristow School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crotona Park
    1,020 feet
  2. Martin Van Buren Playground
    1,110 feet
  3. Model T Community Garden
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 910 East 172nd Street Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 12 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 170th Street or Louis Nine Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, 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.