East 172nd Street & Boone Avenue

East 172nd Street and Boone Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crotona Park East, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Whitlock Av, is about nine minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Whitlock Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
930 feet
West Farms Rd/Jennings St · Bx35
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 172nd Street & Boone Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Whitlock Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Whitlock Av 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 174 St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5
  2. Freeman St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx River View” (2010) by Barbara Grygutis at the Whitlock Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Farms Rd/Jennings St, 930 feet away, for the Bx35.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Farms Rd/Jennings St Bx35
    930 feet
    Bx35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 172nd Street.

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Boone Ave & E 172 St 19 docks in all
    40 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10460
Community board
Bronx Community Board 3
City Council district
17
Police precinct
42
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 728 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Sterling' silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boone Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Boone Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 172nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Samara Community School
    560 feet
  2. Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School
    650 feet
  3. Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School
    660 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 066 School of Higher Expectations School
    660 feet
  2. P.S. X811 School
    1,000 feet
  3. Samara Community School Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  4. Fairmont Neighborhood School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Starlight Park
    360 feet
  2. Daniel Boone Playground
    980 feet
  3. Rock Garden Park
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Rock Garden Park Playground
    1,070 feet
  2. Starlight Park Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1560 Boone Avenue Public space
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and six 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boone Avenue or East 172nd Street.

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