Southern Boulevard & East 156th Street

Southern Boulevard and East 156th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Longwood, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Fox Playground is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Longwood Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1925, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Longwood Av
660 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Southern Blvd/E 156 St · Bx19
Within a walk
13 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Southern Boulevard & East 156th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Longwood Av, 660 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Longwood Av 6
    660 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. E 149 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Prospect Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Southern Blvd/E 156 St, 120 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Southern Blvd/E 156 St Bx19
    120 feet
    Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Longwood Ave & Southern Blvd 24 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bruckner Expressway westbound at Hunts Point Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 870 Garrison Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 880 Garrison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10455
Community board
Bronx Community Board 2
City Council district
17
Police precinct
41
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Longwood
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 1910 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 156th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Southern Boulevard

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

West side of Southern Boulevard

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 80 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1899 and 1900.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Prospect Family Residence Pre-K · landmark
    870 feet
  2. P.S. 062 Inocensio Casanova School
    1,050 feet
  3. St Athanasius School
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. NP Ready Set Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fox Park
    50 feet
  2. Fox Playground
    310 feet
  3. Al Quiñones Playground
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. The William Rainey Garden
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Longwood Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Margarets Episcopal Church House of worship
    970 feet

Fire and police

  1. 41st Precinct Police station
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 156th Street or Southern Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.