Southern Boulevard & Boston Road

Southern Boulevard and Boston Road meet at a five-way junction in Crotona Park East, Bronx. The corner is also named Jehova Shalom Church Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. East Bronx Academy for the Future is 270 feet away, and Eae J Mitchell Park is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, 174 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
174 St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Southern Blvd/E 174 St · Bx19
Within a walk
21 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Southern Boulevard & Boston Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 174 St, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 174 St 2, 5
    60 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
    0.5 miles
    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 Southern Blvd/E 174 St, 40 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/E 174 St Bx19
    40 feet
    Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Southern Boulevard.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Southern Blvd & E 174 St 27 docks in all
    270 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
    930 feet
  2. 2300 Southern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crotona Park East

This corner is also named Jehova Shalom Church Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern cottonwood.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Jehova Shalom Church Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 58 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boston Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Boston Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 174th Street

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 174th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Southern Boulevard

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Bronx Academy for the Future School
    270 feet
  2. Beanstalk Childcare Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc. Nora Feury School
    990 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bard High School Early College Bronx School
    1,060 feet
  2. Bronx Envision Academy School
    1,060 feet
  3. Explorations Academy H.S. School
    1,060 feet
  4. Tremont Crotona Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seabury Playground
    290 feet
  2. Crotona Park
    360 feet
  3. Bronx Sunshine Garden
    900 feet
Show all 8
  1. Crotona Playground (3) Playground
    940 feet
  2. Eae J Mitchell Park
    970 feet
  3. Rock Garden Park
    1,130 feet
  4. Hill & Dale Playground
    1,190 feet
  5. Rock Garden Park Playground
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Gospel Temple Church House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Bryant Ave - East 174th St Community center
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    60 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    970 feet
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Cross Bronx Plaza Shopping center
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boston Road, East 174th Street or Southern Boulevard.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYCHA, 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.